A Patient Is in a Severe Car Accident and Suffers

question 30

Multiple Choice

A patient is in a severe car accident and suffers damage to the spinal cord. They no longer experience pain in their left leg, but their ability to feel touch and vibration in the left leg remains normal. Which side of the spinal cord was affected by injury?

• A) left
• B) right
• C) both

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Definitions:

Sample Mean

The average of all observations or data points in a sample, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a population's values around its mean, quantifying variability.

P-value Method

A statistical approach used to determine the significance of results in hypothesis testing, indicating the probability of observing data as extreme as the sample data.

Null Hypothesis

It is a hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect; it is the statement tested in statistical hypothesis testing to determine the likelihood of the observed data.