A Person Living in Canada Today

question 55

Multiple Choice

A person living in Canada today

• A) is more likely to die of a chronic disease than any other cause of mortality.
• B) has a shorter life span than someone who lived in the 19th Century.
• C) is likely to be at high risk of dying of infections.
• D) has an average life expectancy over 90 years.

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Definitions:

Main Effect

The direct impact of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experimental design, ignoring interaction effects.

Factor A

A term used in experimental design and analysis to denote one of potentially several independent variables being studied for its impact on a dependent variable.

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistical analysis that proposes there is no significant difference or effect, intended to be tested against an alternative hypothesis.