A Man Is Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer

question 18

Multiple Choice

A man is diagnosed with prostate cancer.Which of the following data should the nurse know to answer the man when he asks,"What are the chances I'll survive this thing?"

• A) Attack rate
• B) Case fatality rate
• C) Cause-specific morbidity rate
• D) Crude mortality rate

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter at a given confidence level.

Sample Proportion

The fraction or percentage of the sample that represents a particular trait or characteristic of interest.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists between specified populations or variables.

Population Proportion

The fraction or percentage of a population that shares a particular characteristic or attribute.