One Finding of the Merikangas Et Al

question 4

Multiple Choice

One finding of the Merikangas et al. (2010) epidemiological study is that ____.

• A) males and females tend to differ in the kinds of disorders they experience
• B) adolescents have a lower rate of mood disorders than adults
• C) almost 50 percent of adolescents meet criteria for at least one psychological disorder
• D) people living in rural areas have a much higher incidence of mental disorders than do people living in urban areas

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Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true, used as a criterion for deciding whether an observed effect is statistically significant.

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The count of affirmative responses or approvals in a voting scenario.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, used as a threshold for determining the statistical significance of a test result.