The Best Method of Verifying a Diagnosis of Gout in a Joint

question 1

Multiple Choice

The best method of verifying a diagnosis of gout in a joint is which of the following:

• A) Radiographic examination of the joint with two views
• B) Ultrasound
• C) Palpation
• D) Joint aspiration and polarized-light microscopy

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Definitions:

Critical Region

The set of values for which the null hypothesis is rejected in a statistical test.

Null Hypothesis

A default assumption in statistical hypothesis testing that there is no effect or no difference, used as a basis for testing statistical significance.

Test Statistic

A statistic calculated from sample data, used to determine the p-value in hypothesis testing.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the calculation of a statistic.