If a Person Had a Sudden Appendicitis Attack in a Public

question 105

Multiple Choice

If a person had a sudden appendicitis attack in a public place, she would be more likely to be helped if:

• A) four to five people were in the area.
• B) one other person was in the area.
• C) one dozen people were in the area.
• D) several dozen people were in the area.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve distribution that is symmetrical around the mean, where the bulk of the values lie near the center and it tails off towards the extremes.

Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem is a statistical theory that states that the sampling distribution of the sample mean approaches a normal distribution, regardless of the population's distribution, given a large enough sample size.

Population

All members or elements under consideration in statistical studies make up this group.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, calculated from the standard deviation of a sampling distribution.