A Bilirubin Collected from a Jaundiced Infant Has a Normal

question 16

Multiple Choice

A bilirubin collected from a jaundiced infant has a normal result.This result:

• A) should be expected because the infant is jaundiced.
• B) may indicate that the sample was collected under the bili light.
• C) can be accepted if a control has been run.
• D) should be called immediately to the health-care provider.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines whether an observed effect is statistically significant, commonly denoted by alpha (α).

Obtained Value

The genuine result or value obtained by conducting a statistical test or experiment.

P Value

A statistical measure that helps scientists determine the significance of their research results, indicating the probability of obtaining an effect at least as extreme as the one in your sample data if the null hypothesis were true.

T Value

In hypothesis testing, it is the calculated value used to compare against a critical value to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.