Of the Following Individuals,who Is Most Likely to Age Successfully

question 37

Multiple Choice

Of the following individuals,who is most likely to age successfully according to Vaillant?

• A)Brian,who is 49 years old,overweight but jogs regularly with his wife of eighteen years
• B)Angela,who is 52,just earned her Ph.D.,and celebrated with a cigarette and champagne
• C)He-ping,who is 51,has never smoked but is not fond of exercise
• D)Justin,who is 45 and put all of his energy into his business,so will enjoy a comfortable retirement

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Definitions:

Type I Errors

False positive conclusions in statistical hypothesis testing, erroneously indicating that a novel effect exists.

Type II Errors

Occurs in hypothesis testing when the null hypothesis is falsely accepted, meaning that a real effect or difference is missed.

Sampling Distributions

The probability distribution of a statistic obtained from a large number of samples drawn from a specific population.

Statistical Significance

A measure of how likely it is that obtained results are not due to chance, often determined by a p-value.