1-77One of the Main Functions That Worry Seems to Serve

question 84

Multiple Choice

1-77.One of the main functions that worry seems to serve in generalized anxiety disorder is

• A)it keeps people distracted from what is really bothering them.
• B)it keeps people with the disorder feeling happier than if they didn't worry.
• C)it prevents people with the disorder from developing depression.
• D)it keeps people from feeling the emotional and physiological consequences of anxiety.

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Definitions:

Yates' Correction

A statistical adjustment made to the chi-squared test for small sample sizes, to better approximate the chi-squared distribution.

Expected Frequencies

The predicted counts of occurrences across different categories or intervals that one would expect by chance.

Fisher's Exact Test

A statistical significance test used to determine if there are nonrandom associations between two categorical variables, often employed when sample sizes are small.

Yates' Correction

A continuity correction method used in Chi-square tests to adjust for the discontinuity of a chi-square distribution when working with discrete variables.