Introduction to Statistics: Mean, Median, and Mode

Introduction to Statistics: Mean, Median, and Mode

The Mean

The first term ‘average’ is something we have been familiar with from a very early age when we start analyzing our marks on report cards. We add together all of our test results and then divide it by the sum of the total number of marks there are. so, statistically it’s the Mean!

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Example:

Four tests results: 15, 18, 22, 20
The sum is: 75
Divide 75 by 4: 18.75

The ‘Mean’ (Average) is 18.75

The Mode

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Jaundice in the Newborns

Jaundice in the Newborns

Physiological jaundice

Most infants develop visible jaundice due to elevation of unconjugated bilirubin concentration during their first week. This common condition is called physiological jaundice. This pattern of hyperbilirubinemia has been classified into two functionally distinct periods.

Phase one
  1. Term infants – jaundice lasts for about 10 days with a rapid rise of serum bilirubin up to 204 μmol/l (12 mg/dL).
  2. Preterm infants – jaundice lasts for about two weeks, with a rapid rise of serum bilirubin up to 255 μmol/l (15 mg/dL).
Phase two – bilirubin levels decline to about 34 μmol/l (2 mg/dL) for two weeks, eventually mimicking adult values.
  1. Preterm infants – phase two can last more than one month.
  2. Exclusively breastfed infants – phase two can last more than one month.

Causes

Mechanism involved in physiological jaundice are mainly:

  • Relatively low activity of the enzyme glucuronosyltransferase which normally converts unconjugated bilirubin to conjugated bilirubin that can be excreted into the gastrointestinal tract. Before birth, this enzyme is actively down-regulated, since bilirubin needs to remain unconjugated in order to cross the placenta to avoid being accumulated in the fetus.After birth, it takes some time for this enzyme to gain function.
  • Shorter life span of fetal red blood cells, being approximately 80 to 90 days in a full term infant, compared to 100 to 120 days in adults.
  • Relatively low conversion of bilirubin to urobilinogen by the intestinal flora, resulting in relatively high absorption of bilirubin back into the circulation.

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10 HEALTH FACTS ABOUT COFFEE.

10 HEALTH FACTS ABOUT COFFEE.

Coffee is a regular morning beverage we all love to have. Today we will focus our discussion on how coffee is helping silently to make us healthy. Various studies show that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of several diseases.

Coffee Can Help You Burn Fat

Several studies show that caffeine can increase fat burning in the body and boost the metabolic rate.

Coffee Can Improve Energy Levels and Make You Smarter

Caffeine blocks an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, which leads to a stimulant Read More !

10 Things Not To Do On Exam Day.

10 Things Not To Do On Exam Day.

Exam day is the day that decides many things in you life. So lets take a look at top 10 things you should not do on or before your exam day.

1. I am Nervous: 

Its true everybody gets nervous from time to time. But on the day of your examinations it can the devil. Just remember this its just an exam happens every year or every 6 months and not the end of your world so stay calm.

2. Gossip Time:

It’s a tendency  or others call it a state of mind. When some of us gets Read More !

HIGH YIELD POINT FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE 2015

HIGH YIELD POINT FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE 2015

VARIOUS  ACTS -FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE

  • The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971(Amend 1975)
  • The Narcotic Drugs & 1985 Psychotropic Substance Act
  • Consumer Protection Act 1986
  • Mental Health Act 1987
  • Organs Transplantation of Human Act 1994

  • Prenatal Diagnostic Technique 1994(Amend in 2000). Punishment
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