Which of the following explains how a violation of Westgard Rule R4s is identified?
A) The difference between two consecutive data points is at least 4 SD, and one data point lies above + 2s and the other lies below - 2s.
B) The result from a single control run lies outside the range ± 3s.
C) The result from one control lies above + 2s, and the result from a different control lies below - 3s.
D) Both A and C are correct.
D
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