If a One-Tailed F-Test Is Employed When Testing a Null

question 50

True/False

If a one-tailed F-test is employed when testing a null hypothesis about two population variances, the test statistic is an F-value formed by taking the ratio of the two sample variances so that the sample variance predicted to be larger is placed in the numerator.

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Definitions:

Compulsory Treatment Orders

Legal orders which require a person with a mental health disorder to undergo treatment or therapy without their consent.

Coercive

Referring to the use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance or control over others.

Net-widening

The phenomena by which interventions designed to divert individuals from the criminal justice system actually increase the number of individuals being controlled or supervised by the system.

Best Interests Principle

In provincial mental health law, the doctrine that decisions made by others about the treatment of people suffering from mental disorders should maximize the chances of a good outcome, taking into account the risks and benefits of all available treatments.