How Is Cognitive Function Affected by Aging

question 49

Multiple Choice

How is cognitive function affected by aging?

• A) Increases rapidly
• B) Remains stable
• C) Declines
• D) Cognitive function declines but motor skills improve

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Definitions:

Percentiles

Values or scores below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations fall.

Decile

A statistical measure dividing a dataset into ten equal parts, each containing 10% of the data points.

Median

The middle value in a set of data, where half the numbers are above it and half are below, when the data is arranged in ascending order.

Box Plot

A graphical representation of data that displays the distribution's five-number summary: minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.