From the Following List of Descriptions, Select Those That Can

question 5

Multiple Choice

From the following list of descriptions, select those that can be COMMONLY used when describing paresthesia and its progression.

• A) Abnormal area sensation
• B) Burning or prickling
• C) Can occur after local anesthesia
• D) Can occur with infections
• E) Can occur with nonsurgical procedures

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Definitions:

Central Tendency

A measure that identifies the center of a data set, or where the bulk of the values lie, including mean, median, and mode.

Statistic

A statistic is a single measure, reported as a number, used to summarize a sample and to estimate the corresponding value in the larger population from which the sample was drawn.

Parameter

A parameter is a numerical characteristic of a population, such as its mean or standard deviation, as opposed to a statistic of a sample.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data.