When Older Adults Are Asked to Respond to an Ambiguous

question 46

Multiple Choice

When older adults are asked to respond to an ambiguous question, what is most likely to happen?

• A) They will have slow response rates.
• B) They will have mostly incorrect answers.
• C) They will have pseudodementia.
• D) They will have accurate and speedy responses.

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Definitions:

Residual Variation

The variation in a dataset that is not explained by the model being used, essentially the difference between observed and predicted values.

Two-Way ANOVA

A statistical method employed to assess the impact of two categorical independent variables on a dependent variable that is continuous.

Levels

Distinct values or categories that a qualitative variable can take, often used in the context of experimental design and analysis.

Independent SRSs

Independent Simple Random Samples; a sampling technique where each subset of the population has an equal probability of being chosen, and the selections are made independently of each other.