NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

NUTRITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
which of the following is NOT TRUE about errors in body composition?
A
error in equation
B
error in measurement procedure
C
population is normally distributed
D
unresponsive respondents
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The correct option is C. Body mass index and E. Light absorption technique.

Detailed explanation-2: -In vivo techniques do not measure body composition directly, but rather predict it from measurements of body properties. Thus all techniques suffer from two types of error: methodological error when collecting raw data, and error in the assumptions by which raw data are converted to final values.

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