For Which of the Following Reasons Is It Difficult to Diagnosis

question 33

Multiple Choice

For which of the following reasons is it difficult to diagnosis alcohol abuse in the older adult?

• A) They have built up an alcohol tolerance.
• B) They remain alone a lot of time.
• C) Personality changes are frequently unrecognized.
• D) It is usually masked by mental illness.

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Definitions:

Spearman Rank-Correlation

An assessment of rank correlation, not based on parameters, which evaluates the extent to which two variables' relationship can be represented through a monotonic function.

Pearson Correlation

is a measure of the linear correlation between two variables, quantifying the strength and direction of their relationship.

Two-tail Tests

Hypothesis tests that consider extreme values in both tails of the distribution to evaluate the likelihood of observing a relationship by chance in either direction.

Likert Scale

A psychometric scale commonly used in questionnaires to represent people's attitudes, opinions, or perceptions, where responses range from one extreme to another.