The Disorder with a Wide Range of Vague, Long-Lasting, and Disturbing

question 136

Multiple Choice

The disorder with a wide range of vague, long-lasting, and disturbing physical symptoms without a medical cause is:

• A) somatic symptom disorder (somatization pattern).
• B) somatic symptom disorder (predominant pain pattern).
• C) conversion disorder (somatization pattern).
• D) conversion disorder (predominant pain pattern).

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Definitions:

Robustness

The ability of a statistical method or test to remain effective under a variety of conditions or assumptions, or when faced with violations of those assumptions.

Sign Test

A non-parametric test used to evaluate the difference between paired samples, based on the direction of the differences between the pairs, not their magnitude.

T Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups or the mean of one group with a known value, under the assumption of normally distributed data.

T Procedure

A statistical method used to test the mean of a population, especially useful when dealing with small sample sizes and unknown population standard deviations.