Which Statements Below Demonstrate the Power of the Health Care

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which statements below demonstrate the power of the health care system to generate behavioral change in the determining of health outcomes:

• A) The decrease in alcohol death that occurred from 1990 to 2000
• B) The decrease in deaths due to toxic agents and microbial agents from 1990 to 2000
• C) The decrease in loss of life years due to tobacco use
• D) a and b only
• E) a, b and c
• F) None of the above

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Alternative Value

Often refers to a different or non-standard value or outcome considered in decision-making or analysis.

Power

The ability of a statistical test to detect an effect if the effect actually exists.

Type II Error

The error that occurs when failing to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a false negative.