Which of the Following Statements Concerning Personality and Coronary Heart

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning personality and coronary heart disease is true ?

• A) Individuals with a Type B personality are more likely to have coronary heart disease than those with Type A personalities.
• B) Observations of a person's behavior are a better indicator of Type A personality than self-reports.
• C) People who have lots of anger and suppress it are less likely to develop high blood pressure than those with anger who express it.
• D) The most toxic personality ingredient associated with coronary heart disease is competitiveness.

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Definitions:

Odds Ratio

A statistic that quantifies the strength of the association between two events, comparing the odds of an event occurring in one group to the odds of it occurring in another group.

Probability

A mathematical measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment or study that is dependent on other variables, typically the outcome or effect being measured.

Indicator Variable

A binary variable that takes the value of 1 if a certain condition is true and 0 if it is false, used in statistical analysis.