Local Media Gave Extensive Coverage to a Traumatic Incident in Which

question 45

Multiple Choice

Local media gave extensive coverage to a traumatic incident in which a teacher doused herself with gasoline and lit herself on fire. The school administration assembled a mental health consulting team to reduce the risk of fire setting among the students. Their primary action was to ____.

• A) provide information to the students and their parents about what happened
• B) provide students and staff with an opportunity to express and understand their reactions to the event
• C) let students know that anyone caught with potentially lethal items would be suspended from school
• D) assess which students and teachers needed referrals to local therapists

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Definitions:

Chi-Squared Test Statistic

A statistical measure used to evaluate the differences between observed and expected frequencies in one or more categories.

Observed Frequencies

The actual number of occurrences of each possible outcome of a variable recorded in a dataset, often used in the context of chi-square tests and frequency distributions.

Expected Frequencies

The anticipated count of occurrences across different categories in a probability distribution based on a theoretical model.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that suggests there is a significant difference or effect, in contrast to the null hypothesis.