Metformin, the Only Type of Oral Medication Used to Treat

question 55

Multiple Choice

Metformin, the only type of oral medication used to treat gestational diabetes, is useful because it _____.

• A) increases glucose production
• B) stimulates insulin secretion
• C) increases insulin resistance
• D) improves insulin sensitivity
• E) stimulates ketone production

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The distribution pattern of probabilities for a certain statistic gathered from a random sample.

Population Means

The average value of a given characteristic within an entire population.

Independent Samples

Refers to two or more groups of data that are collected from distinct populations, where the observations in one group are not related to or influenced by the observations in the other group.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test that is used to evaluate the strength of evidence against the null hypothesis.