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Because of the Negative Connotations Associated with the Term "Psychosurgery

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Because of the negative connotations associated with the term "psychosurgery," experts now refer to such procedures as ________ for psychiatric disorders.


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Type II Error

The error that occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected; failing to detect an effect that is present.

Type II Error

A statistical error that occurs when a test fails to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a false negative.

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the strength of a phenomenon or the magnitude of a difference between groups in a statistical analysis.

Significance Level

A threshold used in hypothesis testing that determines the probability of rejecting a null hypothesis when it is actually true.

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