Use of the Oral Contraceptive Pill Has a Major Disadvantage

question 2

Multiple Choice

Use of the oral contraceptive pill has a major disadvantage in that

• A)the burden of contraception is placed solely or mainly on the woman.
• B)it may not be as useful for the woman who has intercourse frequently as compared to the woman who has intercourse infrequently.
• C)it tends to interfere with sexual intercourse-because the woman must remember to take the pill every day for the whole menstrual cycle.
• D)there are negative long term effects on the fertility of the woman.

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Definitions:

Multicollinearity

A condition in regression analysis where two or more predictors are highly correlated, making it challenging to isolate the individual effect of each predictor on the dependent variable.

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or regression that are manipulated or categorized to determine their effect on dependent variables.

Dependent Variable

The outcome variable in a study, experiment, or statistical model, whose variation depends on factors represented by independent variables.

Multicollinearity

A statistical phenomenon in which multiple independent variables in a regression model are highly linearly related, affecting the model’s accuracy.