The level of calcium in the blood of healthy young adults follows a normal distribution with mean $/mu=10$ milligrams per deciliter and standard deviation $/sigma=0.4$. a clinic measures the blood calcium of 25 healthy pregnant young women at their first visit for prenatal care. the mean of these 25 measurements is $/bar{x}=9.6$ we want to test the hypotheses $h_0$: $/mu=10$ vs. $h_a$: $/mu<10$ what does it mean if the p-value is 0.0002.

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Orlando Young

9 August, 01:17

The level of calcium in the blood of healthy young adults follows a normal distribution with mean $/mu=10$ milligrams per deciliter and standard deviation $/sigma=0.4$. a clinic measures the blood calcium of 25 healthy pregnant young women at their first visit for prenatal care. the mean of these 25 measurements is $/bar{x}=9.6$ we want to test the hypotheses $h_0$: $/mu=10$ vs. $h_a$: $/mu<10$ what does it mean if the p-value is 0.0002.

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Niko Beard · Answer 1

This indicates the blood calcium level is very low. This condition is known as hypocalcemia. The low calcium level may result from a problem with the parathyroid glands as well as from diet, kidney disorders, or certain drugs also causes low blood calcium level.