What May Cause the Public to Underestimate the Risk of Drug

question 38

Multiple Choice

What may cause the public to underestimate the risk of drug side effects

• A) Patients tend not to report side effects because the positive effects are so powerful. 
• B) Side effects are inconsistent from patient to patient. 
• C) Drug companies control the messages about the drugs and don't publish evidence about side effects. 
• D) The benefits of psychoactive drugs far outweigh any possible side effects associated with their use.

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Definitions:

Positively Skewed Distribution

A distribution where the tail is longer on the right side of the peak, indicating that most data points are on the left.

Interquartile Range

A measure of statistical dispersion, represented by the difference between the 25th and 75th percentiles of a dataset.

Median

The middle value in a dataset when it is arranged in ascending or descending order, or the average of the two middle values if the dataset has an even number of observations.

Extreme Values

Extreme values refer to observations that are significantly higher or lower than the majority of the data in a data set, often leading to skewed analysis results.