The Textbook Discusses the Fact That the Likelihood of Developing

question 28

Multiple Choice

The textbook discusses the fact that the likelihood of developing schizophrenia has clear genetic factors.According to the textbook, if Maria has schizophrenia, what are the chances that her twin sister, Anca, will also have schizophrenia?

• A) There is no chance: Only one of the twins can have schizophrenia.
• B) precisely 50% .
• C) greater than 50% but less than 100% .
• D) less than 50% but greater than 0% .
• E) Rates change depending on the type of schizophrenia.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis Testing

A statistical method used to determine whether there is enough evidence in a sample of data to infer that a certain condition holds for the entire population.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis in statistical analysis that suggests no significant effect or relationship between variables, serving as the default position until evidence suggests otherwise.

Rejection

In statistics, typically refers to the act of rejecting the null hypothesis based on the outcome of a statistical test.