When Older Adults Were Asked to Learn a Story So

question 100

Multiple Choice

When older adults were asked to learn a story so they could retell it later to a group of young children, their stories

• A) were less detailed than younger adults.
• B) were similar to that of younger adults.
• C) contained a number of errors.
• D) were more detailed than younger adults.

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average of a set of numerical values obtained from every member of a population.

Robust Estimator

A statistical method or measure that is not unduly affected by outliers or deviations from assumptions in the underlying data distribution.

Nonnormality

The deviation from the normal distribution in a set of data, where the data does not follow a bell-curve shape.

Mound-Shaped

A description of a symmetrical, bell-shaped distribution often associated with the normal distribution.