A Thanatologist Studies

question 58

Multiple Choice

A thanatologist studies

• A) eating disorders.
• B) aging and senility.
• C) people's ability to cope with stress.
• D) death and dying.

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Definitions:

Robust Estimator

A statistical method or measure that is not unduly affected by outliers or deviations from assumptions in the underlying data distribution.

Nonnormality

The deviation from the normal distribution in a set of data, where the data does not follow a bell-curve shape.

Mound-Shaped

A description of a symmetrical, bell-shaped distribution often associated with the normal distribution.

P-Value

Represents the probability of observing test results at least as extreme as the ones observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.