A School Psychologist Was Concerned with the Number of Children

question 38

Multiple Choice

A school psychologist was concerned with the number of children being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) . If she were interested in learning how many new cases of ADHD had been diagnosed within the last two years, she will look at ____.

• A) concordance rates
• B) incidence rates
• C) sampling rates
• D) prevalence rates

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Definitions:

Common Stock

An ownership stake in a corporation, represented through a security known as corporate equity ownership.

Retained Earnings

Profits that a company keeps at the end of a fiscal period, after dividends are paid, for reinvestment or debt payment.

Additional Paid-in Capital

The amount of money that shareholders have paid in excess of the par value of the shares; this can occur when shares are initially sold or during subsequent capital injections.

Preferred Stock

A class of ownership in a corporation that typically provides dividend payments before dividends are issued to common stockholders, often with no voting rights.