The NCLEX-RN Exam Is Designed to Judge the Candidate's Ability

question 16

Multiple Choice

The NCLEX-RN exam is designed to judge the candidate's ability to perform at the minimal standards for safety as an RN.When a new graduate gets the results, they understand which of the following?

• A)Magnet Hospitals only hire those graduates who score very high on the exam.
• B)This is a pass-fail exam.
• C)Review courses were a waste of time and money.
• D)Waiting for months after graduation allowed for more study time.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

The threshold value that a test statistic must exceed to reject the null hypothesis in a statistical test.

Df

Abbreviation for degrees of freedom, indicating the number of values in a final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

Critical Value

A threshold value in hypothesis testing, beyond which the null hypothesis is rejected, determined by the chosen significance level.

Df

Df, or degrees of freedom, often used in statistical analysis, is the number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information.