During the Third Trimester

question 62

Multiple Choice

During the third trimester,

• A) the fetus spends the majority of the day awake.
• B) painkillers should be used during any surgical procedures performed on a fetus.
• C) fetuses can hear bodily noises but not noises that occur outside of the womb.
• D) higher fetal activity is linked with abnormal neurological development.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A standardized value that is calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test. It's used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Two-tail Test

A statistical test where the critical area of a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is greater than or less than a certain range of values.

Sample Variances

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a sample data set, calculated as the sum of squared deviations from the mean, divided by the number of observations minus one.

Sample Sizes

The number of observations or datapoints collected in a sample, which can affect the accuracy and reliability of statistical analyses.