Dave,a Graduate Student,has Difficulty Talking to Groups

question 10

Multiple Choice

Dave,a graduate student,has difficulty talking to groups.Unfortunately,he has chosen a career in which he must speak to large groups of people.The night before a presentation,he tosses and turns,and the resulting lack of sleep makes the situation worse.When he makes a presentation,he often becomes confused and stumbles over his words.As a result,he feels worthless and miserable.Which two criteria of abnormal behavior are most useful in analyzing this case?

• A)inability to function normally and statistical rarity
• B)subjective discomfort and inability to function normally
• C)statistical rarity and deviance from social norms
• D)deviance from social norms and subjective discomfort

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Definitions:

Data Set

A collection of data points or values gathered from experiments or observations.

Classes

Categories or groups into which data can be divided based on certain characteristics or attributes.

Relative Frequencies

The measures showing the number of times a certain event occurs in relation to the total number of events, often expressed as a percentage or fraction.

Sample Size

The number of observations or entities included in a sample, which represents a portion of the total population.