The Decline Researchers Have Found in Type a Behaviours in Old

question 75

Multiple Choice

The decline researchers have found in Type A behaviours in old age is most likely due to

• A) Type A people learning more Type B behaviours as they age.
• B) social disapproval for this behaviour pattern and thus change due to social pressures to do so.
• C) the earlier ages of death for Type A individuals.
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Means

The average of a set of values, calculated by dividing the sum of the values by the number of values.

Populations

Refers to the entire group of individuals or items that are the subject of a statistical study.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it is used to determine the cutoff at which the test statistic is considered extreme.

P-value

The probability of observing test results as extreme as the results actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.