Effective Vaccines Have Been Developed Against a Number of Deadly

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Multiple Choice

Effective vaccines have been developed against a number of deadly diseases, including viral diseases such as measles, mumps, polio, and smallpox, as well as several bacterial infections. However, there remain several important infectious diseases for which vaccines are currently lacking. One important aspect of developing effective vaccines against these pathogens is:

• A) The discovery of an attenuated form of the pathogenic organism
• B) The purification of surface components of the pathogen
• C) A clear understanding of the immune mechanisms required to eliminate the infection
• D) The purification of toxins made by the pathogen
• E) The development of more effective adjuvants to include in the vaccine

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Definitions:

Hypotheses Testing

In statistics, a method that utilizes information from a sample group to evaluate a presumption about a population's parameter.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric test used to compare three or more independent samples to determine if there is a significant difference between their medians.

Ordinal Data

Data that can be ranked or ordered along some dimension but does not have a fixed distance between rankings.

Test Situation

A test situation typically refers to a controlled environment or scenario where experiments are conducted or assessments are made to evaluate performance, behavior, or responses under specific conditions.