Which of the Following Statements Regarding Neisseria Meningitidis Is FALSE

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding Neisseria meningitidis is FALSE?

• A) There are vaccines available to prevent infection with all strains.
• B) Up to 40% of the population are carriers.
• C) Humans are the only natural carriers.
• D) Transmission is via respiratory droplets.
• E) It often causes meningitis.

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Definitions:

Population Means

Refers to the average of all the individual values in a population.

T Distribution

A type of probability distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, commonly used for estimating population parameters when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown.

Standard Deviations

A statistic that quantifies the dispersion or variability of a distribution, measuring how spread out the numbers are from the mean.

Degrees of Freedom

The volume of independent values or figures that may be assigned within a statistical distribution.