Changes in the Volume of the Hippocampus Have Been Observed

question 17

Multiple Choice

Changes in the volume of the hippocampus have been observed in

• A) seasonal affective disorder,but not major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder.
• B) bipolar disorder,but not major depressive disorder.
• C) major depressive disorder,but not bipolar disorder.
• D) both major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.

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Definitions:

Statistical Inference

The process of drawing conclusions about population parameters based on a sample taken from the population.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a value will take one of two independent states under a given number of observations.

Uniform Distribution

A type of probability distribution where all outcomes are equally likely; in a continuous uniform distribution, any value within a specified range is equally likely to occur.

Standard Normal Variable

A random variable that has a normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.