All of the Following Would Result in Lower Oxygen Saturation $\mathrm { P } _ { \mathrm { O } _ { 2 } }$

question 8

Multiple Choice

All of the following would result in lower oxygen saturation of hemoglobin except

• A)an increase in \(\mathrm { P } _ { \mathrm { O } _ { 2 } }\)
• B)an increase in temperature
• C)an increase in \(\mathrm { P } _ { \mathrm { CO } _ { 2 } }\)
• D)a decrease in pH
• E)an increase in DPG

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Definitions:

Population Distributions

The spread of a characteristic within a whole population, reflecting how frequently different values occur.

Nonparametric Methods

Nonparametric methods are statistical techniques that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, often used when data do not meet the assumptions required by parametric methods.

Ordinal Data

A type of categorical data in which the categories have a natural order or ranking, but the intervals between the categories are not necessarily equal.

Wilcoxon Signed Rank

A nonparametric statistical test used to compare two related samples, matched samples, or repeated measurements on a single sample to assess whether their population mean ranks differ.