Gender Differences Observed in the Prevalence of Many Personality Disorders

question 115

Multiple Choice

Gender differences observed in the prevalence of many personality disorders (i.e., borderline for women, antisocial for men) may be due to

• A) tolerance of behavior in a culture.
• B) differences in help-seeking behavior.
• C) gender bias on the part of the diagnosing clinician.
• D) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that suggests no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations, representing a default position to be tested against.

Probability Distributions

A function in mathematics that characterizes the probability of achieving any given value that a random variable might take on.

Valid Probability

A numerical value representing the likelihood of an event, where the probability is between 0 and 1, inclusive.

Poisson Random Variable

Represents a statistical measure that models the number of times an event happens in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant mean rate independently of the time since the last event.