Which of the Following Statements About Chronic Disease Is True

question 78

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about chronic disease is true

• A) Significant advances have been made in their treatment, to the point where they are no longer dangerous.
• B) Although we know more about the causes of chronic diseases, advances in their treatment have been modest.
• C) Psychological and social factors have little to do with these diseases.
• D) Gains and survival rates from cancer between 1950 and 1987 are due to improved medical techniques.

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Definitions:

Permutation Test

A nonparametric statistical test method used to determine if two or more samples come from the same distribution.

P-value

A statistical measure indicating the probability of observing test results at least as extreme as those actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Standard Deviation

A measure that indicates the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values from the mean (average) of that set.

Resamples

The process of taking repeated samples from observed data, often with replacement, to perform statistical inference.