Define Prenatal Diagnostic Testing

question 25

Essay

Define prenatal diagnostic testing. Identify two tests that are available, and explain how they are used to determine if there are fetal abnormalities.

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Definitions:

Possible

That which can be done or achieved; within the limits of ability, capacity, or realization.

Standard Error

A measure of the dispersion or variation of sample means around the population mean.

Sample Correlation

A statistical measure that indicates the degree to which two variables change together, based on a sample of data, showing whether the relationship is positive, negative, or nonexistent.

Bootstrap

A statistical method involving resampling with replacement to estimate properties or accuracy of a model.