In Cases of Cardiovascular Problems and Cancer, Genes ______

question 199

Multiple Choice

In cases of cardiovascular problems and cancer, genes ______.

• A) have no impact on a person's chances of developing the disorders
• B) appear to have a much greater impact on males' risks than on females' risks for developing the disorders
• C) create predispositions toward developing problems
• D) almost completely determine who will develop the disorders

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The threshold for rejecting the null hypothesis, representing the probability of committing a Type I error if the null hypothesis is actually true.

One-Tailed Test

A statistical test where the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, used when testing for a direction in the relationship between variables.

Critical Value

A threshold value that defines the boundary or cut-off point beyond which an observed test statistic is considered statistically significant.

Type I Error

The error made when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected.