A Graph Relating the Likelihood of an Injury from a Fall

question 15

Multiple Choice

A graph relating the likelihood of an injury from a fall to age from 0 to 90 should show a ______.

• A) horizontal line
• B) negatively sloped diagonal line
• C) positively sloped diagonal line
• D) U-shaped function

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Definitions:

Subjects Preferences

The personal likes or choices of the individuals participating as subjects in a study.

Ranks

A method of data representation that assigns numerical order from the lowest to the highest according to each element's value or position in a distribution.

Type A Personalities

describes individuals characterized by high levels of competitiveness, self-motivation, aggressiveness, and a sense of urgency.

Measurement Characterizes

The process of defining or describing the properties or attributes of variables through the use of numbers or other symbols.