Two of the Most Common Sources of Chronic Disease and Premature

question 72

Multiple Choice

Two of the most common sources of chronic disease and premature death are __________.

• A)tobacco use and infectious disease
• B)AIDS and heart disease
• C)heart disease and alcohol abuse
• D)tobacco use and alcohol abuse

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Definitions:

Bias

A systematic error in a statistical analysis or study that leads to an incorrect conclusion, often resulting from problematic data collection, analysis, or interpretation.

Bootstrap Estimate

A statistical technique used to approximate the sampling distribution of an estimator by resampling with replacement from the original sample.

Bias

A systematic error that occurs when a process leans towards a particular outcome, often leading to unfair results.

Resamples

The practice of randomly drawing samples from a dataset multiple times, each time potentially drawing the same observation more than once, to perform statistical inference.