A Patient's Computed Tomography (CT)scan of the Brain Reveals Areas

question 195

Multiple Choice

A patient's computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain reveals areas of decreased density on the image.These are most likely associated with which of the following?

• A)Multiple sclerosis
• B)Hematoma location after trauma
• C)Brain abscess
• D)Ventricular enlargement

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Definitions:

Descriptive Measure

Statistical calculations that describe the main features of a collection of data in quantitative terms.

Sample

A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation, or questioning to provide statistical information about the population.

Statistic

A numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample, used to estimate the value of a population parameter.

Standard Deviation

It quantifies the dispersion of a dataset by calculating the average distance of each data point from the mean.