How Effective Are Nicotine Gum and Patches in Helping Smokers

question 41

Multiple Choice

How effective are nicotine gum and patches in helping smokers quit?

• A)highly effective as a primary treatment
• B)largely ineffective even as a supplement to other programs
• C)moderately effective,as side-effects cause many to discontinue their use
• D)moderately effective when combined with psychological treatment

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Definitions:

Posterior Probabilities

The probabilities that are adjusted after taking into account known or observed evidence, particularly in the context of Bayesian inference.

Addition Rule

In probability theory, a rule that calculates the probability of either of two mutually exclusive events occurring.

Posterior Probabilities

The revised probabilities of scenarios or hypotheses being true, updated in light of new evidence or information.

Prior Probabilities

Initial probabilities used in Bayesian analysis, representing beliefs about probabilities before new evidence is taken into account.