The Death of a Spouse at Age 80 Is an Example

question 76

Multiple Choice

The death of a spouse at age 80 is an example of a

• A) normative age-graded event.
• B) normative history-graded event.
• C) normative individual-graded event.
• D) nonnormative event.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

Normal distribution, often called a bell curve, describes a symmetrical distribution of data where most values cluster around a central mean.

Outliers

Outliers are data points that differ significantly from other observations, often lying far outside the majority of a data distribution.

Parameter

A numeric characteristic that describes and summarizes an entire population of data.

Statistic

A characteristic or measure obtained from a sample of data, used to estimate the value of a population parameter.