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Patients Who Score 7 Points or Higher on a Screening

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Patients who score 7 points or higher on a screening instrument are found to be significantly more likely to require readmission post-surgery than those who score less than 7 points. The screening instrument is said to have:


Definitions:

Error

The difference between the observed value and the true value in statistics and scientific measurements.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in hypothesis testing that indicates no significant difference or effect.

P-value

The probability of observing a statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, given that the null hypothesis is true.

Level of Significance

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis, often denoted by alpha.

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