A Mood Disorder Characterized by Mildly or Moderately Depressed Moods

question 59

Multiple Choice

A mood disorder characterized by mildly or moderately depressed moods that persists for two years or more is called

• A) persistent depressive disorder.
• B) ordinary periodic sadness.
• C) major depressive disorder.
• D) seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

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Definitions:

Chi-Squared Distribution

A probability distribution widely used in inferential statistics for hypothesis testing and in constructing confidence intervals, especially useful for categorical data.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information or the parameters in a statistical model.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, obtained by dividing the sum of all the numbers by the count of numbers.

Percentile Points

Points or values below which a certain percentage of observations in a dataset fall, used to measure the relative standing of a value within a dataset.