In Their Study of 'Using Individual Growth Model to Analyse

question 9

Multiple Choice

In their study of 'Using individual growth model to analyse the change in quality of life from adolescence to adulthood' (2006) , Chen and Cohen conducted interviews on 3 different occasions over a period of time and the following graph demonstrates the physical health changes noted over these 3 periods in 20 of their sample. Individual Physical Health Change (raw data, n = 20)
Chen and Cohen Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006 4:10 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-4-10
With reference to the graph, what can be deduced about the majority of those sampled?

• A) Physical health increases with age.
• B) Physical health decreases with age.
• C) Most of the sample have good physical health.
• D) Most of the sample have failing physical health.

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