What Are "The Four Ds" of Abnormality

question 80

Multiple Choice

What are "the four Ds" of abnormality?

• A)Distress, delusion, deviance, and derision
• B)Deviance, dysfunction, disorder, and danger
• C)Danger, disorder, delusion, and dysfunction
• D)Dysfunction, distress, deviance, and dangerousness

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Definitions:

Type II Error

The error that occurs when one fails to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a false negative.

Power

The probability that a statistical test will correctly reject a false null hypothesis, or the test's sensitivity to detecting an effect.

Statistical Test

A procedure used to determine whether the observed data significantly deviates from a hypothesis.

Inferential Statistics

A branch of statistics that infers properties about a population based on a sample of data drawn from that population.