For Which Type of Research Is Knowledge Discovery in Databases

question 31

Multiple Choice

For which type of research is knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) least appropriate?

• A)To cross-link risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease
• B)To identify the efficacy of a treatment for children with the rare and fatal Batten disease.
• C)To test the hypothesis that polycystic kidney disease is best treated with antihypertensive
• D)To determine the most significant risk factors for congestive heart failure

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies used by individuals to cope with reality and maintain a self-image by unconsciously denying or distorting reality.

Psychological Development

The growth and change in a person's emotions, cognition, behavior, and abilities over the course of their life.

Primary Process Thinking

A mode of thought in psychoanalytic theory, characterized by primitive, illogical, and fantasy-oriented thought processes, typically associated with the unconscious mind.

Secondary Process Thinking

In psychoanalytic theory, the term for rational and conscious processes of ordinary thought.