A Longitudinal Study by Strawbridge and Colleagues (1998) Found That

question 57

Multiple Choice

A longitudinal study by Strawbridge and colleagues (1998) found that poorly perceived health, smoking, heaving drinking, and ________ predicted who would become disabled.

• A)depression
• B)social islolation
• C)physical inactivity
• D)all of these

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Definitions:

Variation

The degree to which data points in a statistical distribution or dataset differ from each other and from their mean.

Data

Information collected for analysis or used to reason or make decisions.

Parameter

A parameter is a measurable attribute that helps to define the characteristics of a population or a function.

Population Regression Equation

An equation that describes the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables for an entire population.