Imagine Lukas Is Diagnosed with a Phobia of Loud Laughter

question 21

Multiple Choice

Imagine Lukas is diagnosed with a phobia of loud laughter.Imagine that the prevalence of this phobia is 109 per 1,000 population and that the gender ratio (female:male) is 188:90.This means approximately _______________ of the population are phobic of loud laughter.

• A) 11% & fewer males than females
• B) 1% & more males than females
• C) 0.1% & fewer females than males
• D) 1% & more females than males

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