A Patient States That He Returned from a 2-Week Camping

question 31

Multiple Choice

A patient states that he returned from a 2-week camping trip a few days ago. He complains of nausea and anorexia and dark urine. What additional information would assist in diagnosing hepatitis A?

• A) Exposure to blood
• B) Recent ingestion of raw fish
• C) History of intravenous drug use
• D) Multiple sex partners

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Definitions:

Descriptive Statistics

Statistical methods that summarize or describe a collection of data points, including measures like mean, median, and mode.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that indicates no effect or no difference in the context of scientific experiments, assuming the observation results from chance.

Control

The use of standardized procedures and conditions in scientific experiments to ensure that changes observed in an experiment are due to the manipulation of the independent variable.