In Trying to Understand Why Some People Continue to Use

question 100

Multiple Choice

In trying to understand why some people continue to use drugs until they become dependent on them and others are able to stop before this happens, it is important to consider

• A) how sensitive a person is to both the negative effects of alcohol when it is first ingested and to the negative effects of alcohol after a few hours.
• B) how sensitive a person is to the positive effects of alcohol when it is first ingested and to the negative effects after a few hours.
• C) how sensitive a person is to the negative effects of alcohol when it is first ingested and to the positive effects a few hours later.
• D) how sensitive a person is to the positive effects of alcohol when it is first ingested and to the positive effects a few hours later.

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Definitions:

Multiple Regression

A statistical technique used to predict the outcome of a dependent variable based on multiple independent variables.

Hypotheses

Hypotheses are formulated statements that present a proposed explanation to some phenomena, which can be tested through further investigation and experimentation.

Variation

In statistics, it refers to the measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points or values in a dataset.

Explanatory Variables

Variables in a statistical model that are used to explain variance in the dependent variable; also known as independent variables.