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The nurse is conducting an assessment for a client whose chief complaint is numbness and tingling in the hands. This sensation is exacerbated when bending the wrist downward and pressing the backs of the hands together. Based on this data, which condition does the nurse suspect?


Definitions:

Level Of Significance

A predetermined threshold of probability below which the null hypothesis is rejected in hypothesis testing, typically set at 0.05 (5%).

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis stating there is no significant difference or effect, or a specified parameter equals a certain value, in the population being studied.

Critical Value(s)

Threshold(s) in hypothesis testing that define the boundary or boundaries for rejecting the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A statement in hypothesis testing that there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption to be tested against.

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