Other Large-Scale Studies Have Found Similar Utilization Patterns with Adolescents

question 37

Multiple Choice

Other large-scale studies have found similar utilization patterns with adolescents.In a study of utilization rates of mental health services by 853 African American,704 Asian American,964 Latino American,and 670 European American adolescents (ages 13 to 17) in Los Angeles over a 5-year period,patterns of utilization reflected earlier studies involving adults.Namely,after controlling for sex,age,and poverty status,results showed that "___" adolescents used services more often than European American and " ___"adolescents,and that " ___" adolescents used these services less often than European Americans.Fill in the blanks respectively.

• A)African American,Asian American,Latino American.
• B)African American,Latino American,Native American
• C)Native American,Asian American,Latino American
• D)Asian American,Latino American,African American

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Definitions:

Sample Proportion

The fraction of items in a sample that possess a particular attribute or characteristic.

Statistical Measure

A quantitative value derived from a sample or population, used to summarize or describe characteristics of data.

Sample Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of sample observations, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Sample Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers from a selected sample, which divides the data into two equal halves.