What Do We Call the Principle That We Should Prefer

question 45

Multiple Choice

What do we call the principle that we should prefer the theory that makes the fewest and simplest assumptions?​

• A)Informed consent
• B)​Parsimony
• C)​Falsifiability
• D)​Correlation

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Definitions:

Younger Than 65

A demographic criterion often used in research and healthcare to define a population segment that does not fall into the senior age group, typically below the age of 65.

Crude Death Rate

A measurement of the number of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year in a given population, reflecting overall mortality.

Disease X

A placeholder name used by the World Health Organization to signify the potential for an unknown pathogen to cause a serious international epidemic.

Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate

A statistical measure that allows comparison of the mortality rates between populations with different age distributions by standardizing to a given age structure.