Which of the Following Diseases Are Caused by an Autosomal

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following diseases are caused by an autosomal dominant allele?

• A) cystic fibrosis and Marfan syndrome
• B) Marfan syndrome and Huntington disease
• C) Huntington disease and Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• D) alkaptonuria and Huntington disease
• E) sickle cell disease and Marfan syndrome

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Definitions:

Type I Error

The mistaken dismissal of a valid null hypothesis, commonly known as a "false positive."

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; often denoted by alpha.

Effect Size

A quantifiable measure of the magnitude of the difference between groups or the strength of a relationship in research findings.

Cohen

A surname often associated with statistical measures of effect size, such as Cohen's d for measuring the difference between two means.