In the Classification of Newborns by Gestational Age and Birth

question 4

Multiple Choice

In the classification of newborns by gestational age and birth weight, the appropriate for gestational age (AGA) weight would:

• A) Fall between the 25th and 75th percentiles for the infant's age.
• B) Depend on the infant's length and the size of the head.
• C) Fall between the 10th and 90th percentiles for the infant's age.
• D) Be modified to consider intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).

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Definitions:

Variability

A statistical measure of the dispersion of data points in a data series around the mean.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, commonly the mean, median, or mode.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in a data set differ from the mean.

Computing Mean

The process of calculating the average value of a set of numbers by adding them together and dividing by the quantity of numbers.