Which of the Following Is True of the Categorical Approach

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the categorical approach to diagnosis?

• A) It doesn't accurately reflect the true nature of most diagnostic constructs.
• B) It makes it more difficult for people to earn a diagnosis and obtain treatment.
• C) It makes it less likely that clinicians will "fudge" when assigning a diagnosis.
• D) It makes it less likely that treatment-seekers will be stigmatized.

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Definitions:

SPSS Syntax

The specific command language used in the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software to perform statistical analysis and manipulate data.

Cross-tabs

Short for cross-tabulation, a method used in statistics to analyze categorical data by creating a matrix that displays the frequency distribution of variables.

Categorical Data

Information that is divided into groups or categories which are mutually exclusive and cannot be ordered or ranked.

Categorical Data

Refers to data types that represent categories - they can be names, labels, or numbers that identify into which of several categories each data point falls.