Which of the Following Statements Is Most Accurate

question 157

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

• A)Short-term sleep deprivation can boost attention and short-term memory.
• B)Animal studies show that extended sleep deprivation may compromise the immune system and lead to death.
• C)Microsleeps are a common cause of sleep deprivation.
• D)The cognitive effects of sleep deprivation are most likely permanent.

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Definitions:

Resamples

The practice of drawing repeated samples from a given dataset, often with replacement, to estimate the precision of sample statistics.

Permutation Test

A non-parametric statistical test that assesses the significance of a difference between groups by computing all possible outcomes under rearrangements of labels.

P-value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Test Statistic

A calculated value used in statistical hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.