Which of the Following Teens Is Most Likely to Engage

question 172

Multiple Choice

Which of the following teens is most likely to engage in risky sexual behavior?

• A) Jenna,whose father lives in the home and is actively engaged in her life
• B) Tasha,who is actively involved in her church
• C) Monica,whose father is absent from the home and who watches many sexually explicit movies
• D) Tory,who attends two service learning programs a week

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Definitions:

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the count of values, and used as a measure of central tendency.

Z-statistic

A type of standard score that represents the distance in standard deviations a data point is from the mean, used in significance testing.

Two-tailed Test

A statistical test that considers both directions of a possible effect, testing for the possibility of an effect in two opposite directions.

Z-test

A statistical test used to determine whether two population means are different when the variances are known and the sample size is large.