A Medical Student Is Conducting a Chart Review of Patients

question 47

Multiple Choice

A medical student is conducting a chart review of patients admitted to the local emergency department with acute pancreatitis.  He is interested in comparing blood glucose levels between mild and severe cases.  Before attempting to compare the mean blood glucose levels between the 2 groups of patients, he decides to conduct a descriptive analysis of the variables in each group.  Blood glucose levels in patients with severe acute pancreatitis were found to have a strong positively skewed distribution.  Which of the following is most likely to be true regarding the data for the severe acute pancreatitis group?

• A)The mean is equal to the median
• B)The mean is equal to the mode
• C)The mean is greater than the median
• D)The median is greater than the mean
• E)The mode is greater than the mean

---

Definitions:

Specific Performance

A legal remedy whereby a court orders the party who breached a contract to perform the promised action rather than merely compensating the other party with money.

Quasi-contract

An obligation imposed by law to prevent unjust enrichment, where the court enforces a contractual obligation on parties who have not agreed to enter into a contract.

Rescission

The legal act of voiding a contract and returning all involved parties to their pre-contractual positions, often due to misrepresentation, fraud, or error.

Compensatory

Referring to a form of damages awarded to a plaintiff in a lawsuit to compensate for lost items, damage, or injury.