When a Finding Is Statistically Significant

question 24

Multiple Choice

When a finding is statistically significant:

• A)alternative explanations other than the independent variable are not plausible.
• B)a strong relationship has been observed.
• C)it is an importaninding.
• D)its meaning depends on the rigor of the research methods.

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Definitions:

Dissociative Symptoms

Experiences involving a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity.

Co-occur

The simultaneous presence or occurrence of two or more conditions or phenomena, often used in the context of diseases or disorders that appear together in patients.

Personality Disorders

A class of mental health disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.

Somatic Symptom

A physical symptom that can be experienced as part of a mental disorder but has no identifiable physical cause.