The Need to Ingest Greater and Greater Quantities of the Drug

question 58

Multiple Choice

The need to ingest greater and greater quantities of the drug to achieve the same effect defines

• A)tolerance.
• B)abuse.
• C)synergistic effects.
• D)intoxication.

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Definitions:

Ratio Scales

Ratio scales are a type of measurement scale that not only have order and equal intervals but also have a true zero point, allowing for the calculation of ratios.

"True" Zero

A point on a scale of measurement that represents a complete absence of the property being measured, as opposed to a mere baseline or reference point.

NOIR

A commonly used acronym in statistics that stands for Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio - the four levels of measurement for variables.

Intercoder Reliability

A measure of the degree to which different people coding qualitative data arrive at consistent results.