Which Statement Best Characterizes Language Development During Late Adulthood

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which statement best characterizes language development during late adulthood?

• A) Reading comprehension tends to increase with age.
• B) Few language deficits are typical during late adulthood.
• C) Older adults show few language production deficiencies.
• D) Language comprehension improves when the speaker slows down and articulates words carefully.

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Definitions:

Bootstrap Standard Error

An estimation technique for assessing the variability of a statistic by resampling with replacement from an original dataset.

Resamples

The practice of drawing repeated samples from a given dataset, often with replacement, to estimate the precision of sample statistics.

Permutation Test

A non-parametric statistical test that assesses the significance of a difference between groups by computing all possible outcomes under rearrangements of labels.

P-value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.