A 70-year-old retired secretary is brought to the clinic by…
A 70-year-old retired secretary is brought to the clinic by her daughter. The daughter is concerned because her mother seems to be confused. She has also gained weight despite a decreased appetite and notes that she seems more “swollen”. The APN suspicious of severe hypothyroidism. Which of the following would the APN expect to find on the physical exam?
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Your job as the research director in the Alabama Department of Youth Services is to advise the Director which policies to follow. In the past, you have heard that some institutions have had as many as 80 disturbances in a year. The average number of disturbances (riots, stabbings, fights, etc.) per year per institution, though, is 33, with a standard deviation of 5. The distribution is normal. Answer the following questions. a) What is the z-score for an institution that had 40 disturbances in one year? What does this z-score indicate? b) You want to give raises to the wardens in the prisons that have disturbances in the bottom 13% of the distribution, and fire the wardens in prisons in the top 13%. What number of disturbances will be the cut-off for each of these decisions? c) What is the probability that an institution would have 40 or more disturbances? d) What is the probability that an institution would have 36 or fewer disturbances?
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