Adolescents from Divorced Families Frequently Display All of the Following

question 48

Multiple Choice

Adolescents from divorced families frequently display all of the following negative effects, except:

• A) social rejection as a result of stigma.
• B) lower academic achievement.
• C) behavior problems.
• D) poorer psychosocial adjustment.

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Definitions:

One-Tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, testing for a direction-specific hypothesis.

Directional Hypothesis

A hypothesis that specifies the direction of the expected difference or relationship between two variables.

Critical Value

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the boundary for rejecting or failing to reject the null hypothesis.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it marks the threshold of statistical significance.