Variables That Do Not Directly Cause a Health Problem but May

question 93

Multiple Choice

Variables that do not directly cause a health problem but may exacerbate it are called

• A)Confounding factors.
• B)Adverse effects.
• C)Principal factors.
• D)Morbidity factors.

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Definitions:

T-Score

A standardized score that describes how far an individual's score lies from the mean of a distribution, measured in standard deviation units.

Confidence Estimate

A range or single value derived from a sample statistic that covers an unknown population parameter with a certain confidence level.

T-Distribution

Is a type of probability distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, used in statistics when the sample size is small and the population standard deviation is unknown.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of values in a calculation that are free to vary without violating any constraints, used to determine the shape of various statistical distributions.