Which Patient Using an Inhaler Would Benefit Most from Using

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which patient using an inhaler would benefit most from using a spacer?

• A)A 3-year-old with a cleft palate.
• B)A 25-year-old with multiple sclerosis.
• C)A 50-year-old with hearing impairment.
• D)A 72-year-old with left-sided hemiparesis.

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Definitions:

Normal Approximation

A method used to approximate the distribution of various sample statistics to the normal distribution under certain conditions.

Nonzero Differences

Refers to the outcomes in statistical analyses where the differences between compared measures or values are not equal to zero, indicating variability or effect.

Binomial Distribution

The binomial distribution is a probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood of obtaining a fixed number of successes in a fixed number of trials in a binary context, where there are only two possible outcomes.

Sign Test

A non-parametric test used to determine if the median of a population differs from a specified value by examining the signs (+, -, =) of the differences rather than their magnitudes.