The Main Concern with Lowering the Probability of Making a Type

question 13

Multiple Choice

The main concern with lowering the probability of making a type II error is that it ______.

• A) increases the probability of making a type I error
• B) decreases the probability of making a type II error
• C) changes the effect size
• D) decreases the likelihood of finding effects when they in fact do not exist

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Definitions:

Unipolar Mood Disorder

A mental health disorder characterized by persistent depression and a lack of the high or manic phases seen in bipolar disorder.

Bipolar

A psychiatric diagnosis describing a category of mood disorders characterized by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated mood, often alternating with episodes of depression.

Cyclical

Occurring in cycles; characterized by recurring phases or patterns.

Dissociative

Pertaining to a disruption in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior.