When Discussing Sexual Orientation, the Patient Tells the Nurse Practitioner

question 2

Multiple Choice

When discussing sexual orientation, the patient tells the nurse practitioner, "I view myself as being female, but I am attracted to other people regardless of how they view their gender or gender identity." Which sexual preference best describes the patient's perspective?

• A) Pansexual
• B) Homosexual
• C) Asexual
• D) Bisexual

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Definitions:

Durbin-Watson Statistic

A quantitative method utilized for detecting autocorrelation in the residuals resulting from regression analysis.

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of a test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Autocorrelation

The correlation of a signal with a delayed copy of itself, often used to analyze functions or series of values, like time series data.

Test Statistic

A value, derived from sample data, used in a hypothesis test to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.