Describe the Process by Which Vitamin D from the Diet

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Essay

Describe the process by which vitamin D from the diet is activated in order to function fully. How does this differ from vitamin D derived from a precursor to cholesterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol?

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Definitions:

With Replacement

In sampling, "with replacement" means that once an item is selected, it's put back into the population before the next selection, making it possible to be chosen again.

Sampling Without Replacement

A method of sampling where once an individual is selected, they are not placed back into the population for the possibility of a second selection.

Hypergeometric Distribution

A probability distribution used to calculate probabilities for drawing successes without replacement from a finite population.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the number of successes in a fixed number of binary experiments.