Statistical Sciences 2037A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pre-Eclampsia, Relative Risk, Standard Deviation
10 Mar 2020
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During pregnancy, doctors monitor a woman"s urine protein for signs of liver disorder, a symptom of preeclampsia; preeclampsia is a rare complication during pregnancy. When signs of liver disorder are observed, doctors obtain platelet counts from a sample of the women"s blood. Platelet count for pregnant women in canada is normally distributed with a mean of 255,000 (with standard deviation of. When a pregnant woman"s platelet count drops to the 10th percentile or lower for pregnant women in canada, doctors become concerned about the woman"s health and recommend inducing delivery early. Consider the platelet counts given below (i. e. as answer options for this question). If more than one of these counts would not cause a doctor to recommend inducing delivery early, select the smallest (i. e. lowest) of those options. Researchers asked women who were pregnant with planned pregnancies how long it took them to get pregnant (baird and wilcox, 1985).
