Of the Following Patients,which One Is the Best Candidate to Have

question 12

Multiple Choice

Of the following patients,which one is the best candidate to have his temperature taken orally?

• A) A 27-year-old postoperative patient with an elevated temperature
• B) A teenage boy who has just returned from outside "for a smoke"
• C) An 87-year-old confused male suspected of hypothermia
• D) A 20-year-old male with a history of epilepsy

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Definitions:

Lowering Alpha

Reducing the alpha level, or the threshold of significance, to decrease the probability of committing a type I error in hypothesis testing.

Type I Error

A statistical error occurring when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected.

Type II Error

The error that occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected, meaning a true effect is missed.

Collecting Data

The process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest in an systematic fashion that enables one to answer stated research questions, test hypotheses, and evaluate outcomes.