PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Chicago University, Examination Questions;

Case study;One of the common problems faced by readers (and authors!) of medical articles is in the interpretation of the word "significance." The term "statistical significance" is often misinterpreted as a "clinically important" result. The confusion stems from the fact that many people equate "significance" with its literal meaning of "importance," whereas in statistics, it has a far more restrictive connotation.

1."Taking the new medication will lower systolic blood pressure by at least 10 mmHg compared to not taking the medication." formulate an hypothesis for this statement.

2.What are some of the issues in statistical significance in the field of nursing?

3.Why is it important to determine the blood types of the donor and the recipient in transfusions?

4.What are the antigens and the respective antibodies of the ABO blood group system?

5.What are the blood types of the ABO blood system?

6.What are the antigens and antibodies of each blood type of the ABO blood system?

7.What is the logic of the transfusion compatibility in the ABO blood group system?

8.What are universal donors and universal recipients in the ABO blood system?

9.What type of genetic inheritance determines the ABO blood group system? What are the relations of dominance among the involved alleles?

10.What are the genotypes and respective blood types of the ABO system?

11.Is it possible investigate natural paternity, maternity or brotherhood and sisterhood using ABO blood typing?