One Danger of Reporting Relative Risk or Relative Likelihood Information

question 25

Multiple Choice

One danger of reporting relative risk or relative likelihood information rather than frequencies is that:

• A) people may not understand what the relative risk information means.
• B) the base rate occurrence of an event is not reported, and the data can be misleading.
• C) people may be frightened on hearing the relative risk for a positive event.
• D) the proportion of events is not reported.

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Definitions:

Chromosomes

Filamentous entities present within the nucleus of both plant and animal cells, composed of protein and a singular DNA molecule, responsible for transmitting genetic data.

Half-Siblings

Biological siblings who share one parent in common but not both.

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, they are two siblings conceived in the same pregnancy but from separate eggs fertilized by separate sperm.

Monozygotic Twins

Identical twins that result from the splitting of a single fertilized egg, sharing the same genetics but potentially differing in environmental factors.