Meyer and Colleagues (1980)conducted a Community Study in California to Reduce

question 97

Multiple Choice

Meyer and colleagues (1980) conducted a community study in California to reduce the risk factors for coronary heart disease.What did the results indicate as the most effective aspect of intervention?

• A) hiring research assistants to monitor each participant's daily behaviours
• B) a media education campaign aimed at the children of parents at risk for heart disease
• C) paying individuals to change their risky behaviours
• D) individual counselling in addition to a media campaign about heart disease

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Definitions:

Population Locations

A term not commonly used in statistics in its listed form; may refer to the geographical distribution or spread of a population.

Matched Pairs Experiment

An experimental design in which participants are paired based on certain criteria, ensuring that each pair is similar except for the treatment received.

Z-Statistic

A statistical measure that represents the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a data set, used for hypothesis testing in standardized situations.

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.