A Neonate Is Lethargic and Less Active Than Would Be

question 47

Multiple Choice

A neonate is lethargic and less active than would be expected.Which of the following may have occurred?

• A) The mother experienced a shorter than normal labor
• B) The mother was given a tranquilizer during delivery
• C) The mother drank alcohol during pregnancy
• D) The mother smoked during pregnancy

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Definitions:

Convenience Sampling

A sampling technique where subjects are selected because of their convenient accessibility and proximity to the researcher.

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution associated with a specific statistic derived from a random sample.

Normal Distribution

A type of continuous probability distribution for a real-valued random variable that is symmetrically bell-shaped, centered around its mean.

Sampling Error

The discrepancy between the statistical characteristics of a population and those of a sample from that population.