What Test Result Is Most Affected by the Absence of Patient

question 6

Multiple Choice

What test result is most affected by the absence of patient fasting?

• A) Glucose
• B) White blood cell (WBC) count
• C) Prothrombin time (PT)
• D) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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Definitions:

Nominal Variables

Categorical data that classify data into distinct categories that do not have an inherent order or ranking.

Cross-Classification Table

A cross-classification table displays the frequency distribution of variables in a table format, facilitating the analysis of the relationship between two or more categorical variables.

Cross-Classification Table

A table used to display the frequency distribution among variables, showing how many times each combination of variable categories occurs.

Relative Frequencies

The proportion of times that a certain event occurs relative to the total number of outcomes.