Which Aspect of Type a Personality Is Most Closely Correlated

question 159

Multiple Choice

Which aspect of Type A personality is most closely correlated with increased risk for heart disease?

• A) Competitiveness
• B) Anger and hostility
• C) Patience
• D) Worrying about time

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution or in the calculation of a statistic.

Interval Estimate

Interval Estimate refers to a range of values, derived from sample statistics, used to estimate a population parameter.

Standard Error

Measures the accuracy with which a sample represents a population, showing the dispersion of sample means around the true population mean.

Test Statistic

A standardized value derived from sample data during a hypothesis test that is used to determine the p-value or to compare against the critical value.