Author Question: There is evidence that higher levels of disease prevalence in a given environment is associated with ... (Read 14 times)

Metfan725 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

There is evidence that higher levels of disease prevalence in a given environment is associated with

a. more neuroticism.
b. less neuroticism.
c. more openness to experience.
d. less openness to experience.

Question 2

Explain what is meant by statistical significance. How does statistical significance relate to the issue of importance?

What will be an ideal response?

blakeserpa · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

Significant does not mean important in the usual sense. Rather, computations indicate the effect was unlikely to have been a product of chance factors. For example, if probability is 5 or less, the correlation is believable and, therefore, statistically significant. But it might only account for a small fraction of the behavior and may, therefore, be relatively unimportant in a practical sense.