One Study of More Than 160,000 Adolescents from 35 Countries

question 7

Multiple Choice

One study of more than 160,000 adolescents from 35 countries found that:

• A) the prevalence of bullying is higher in schools characterized by greater income inequality.
• B) adolescents who come from less affluent families are less likely to be bullied.
• C) the prevalence of bullying is higher in countries characterized by less income equality.
• D) adolescents who come from more affluent families are more likely to be bullied.

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

Describes a distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in a data set differ from the mean.

Normally Distributed

Describes a probability distribution that is symmetrical around the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Confidence Interval

A scope of values, sourced from statistical analysis of a sample, that is believed to contain the value of an undisclosed population parameter.