What Is the Purpose of an Electrocardiogram

question 12

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of an electrocardiogram?

• A) To capture any heart irregularities
• B) To measure heart muscle activity
• C) To capture any arrhythmias
• D) To reduce electrical interference from outside of the body

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Definitions:

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve representing the distribution of values, scores, or measurements where most occurrences take place near the average.

Scores

Quantitative values assigned or obtained to represent certain characteristics or outcomes in data.

Standard Deviations

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values in a dataset, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.

Deviation

In statistics, it refers to how far a particular data point is from the mean of the data set.