A New Surgical Procedure Is to Be Tested for Effectiveness

question 8

Multiple Choice

A new surgical procedure is to be tested for effectiveness in saving limbs. The procedure is at a fairly early stage and little is known about it. The investigators wish to conduct a study to improve their surgical technique and to compare the new procedure with the established procedure, which has a 50% success rate. The study will assign 20 patients to either the established procedure or the new procedure in a systematic way. This study should:

• A)be approved, because future patients will benefit from it.
• B)not be approved, because it is not an experiment.
• C)be approved, because comparing experimental and control subjects will provide valid conclusions.
• D)not be approved, because there is no benefit to current patients.

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Definitions:

Annually Compounded

Refers to the process of calculating and adding interest to a principal sum once per year.

Maturity Values

The amount payable to the holder of a financial instrument at its maturity date, often the principal plus interest.

Investment

An asset or item acquired with the goal of generating income or appreciation.

Compounded Monthly

Describes the method of computing interest by adding the interest from past periods to the original principal amount and then doing the calculations monthly.