Discuss Five Ways of Defining Abnormality and the Shortcomings of Each

question 90

Essay

Discuss five ways of defining abnormality and the shortcomings of each, and describe the core feature of all abnormal behavior.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the distribution of data points in a data set around the mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Z-score

A statistical measure representing the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of its data set, used in standardizing scores for comparison.

Probability Sampling

Sampling based on random selection of the sample units.

Convenience Sampling

Sampling based on convenience to the researcher.