Which Statement Is FALSE About Variations in Olfactory Ability

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which statement is FALSE about variations in olfactory ability?

• A) The chance of becoming anosmic or hyposmic increases as people age.
• B) Women detect a wide range of smells with better accuracy than do men.
• C) Older Hispanic adults have worse senses of smell than older white adults.
• D) African Americans have better senses of smell than white Americans.

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Standard Normal Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.

Population Mean

The sum of the values in the population divided by the number of values in the population.

Degrees Of Freedom

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T-Distribution

A probability distribution that arises in the sampling distribution of sample means, especially useful when the sample size is small and the population standard deviation is unknown.