Dr Lee Is Reading Up on Medication to Use to Treat

question 7

Multiple Choice

Dr. Lee is reading up on medication to use to treat one of her Asian patients who was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. Based on the research by Tony Strickland, she may want to consider which of the following factors when deciding type and dose of medication to treat this patient?

• A)Age
• B)Gender
• C)Ethnicity
• D)Weight

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Definitions:

Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test

A statistical test not based on parameter assumptions that is employed to evaluate two related samples, matched samples, or repeated observations within the same sample to determine if there is a difference in their population mean ranks.

Sample Sizes

Refers to the number of observations or data points collected in a sample from a population.

Normally Distributed

A probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test

A non-parametric test that compares two paired or matched samples to assess if their population mean ranks differ.