Which of the Following Is the Typical Time a Thermometer

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the typical time a thermometer needs to be in the rectum until reading?

• A) 1 minute
• B) 30 seconds
• C) 60 seconds
• D) both A and C

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Definitions:

Point Estimate

A single value or statistic that is used to estimate the value of an unknown population parameter.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of all the values in a population, representing the square root of the population variance.

Interval Estimate

An estimate that provides a range of values, typically defined by a confidence interval, believed to encompass the true population parameter.

Population Mean

The average value of a population parameter, which is the sum of all values in a dataset divided by the total number of values.