A psychiatric nurse practitioner completes a study examining psychological distress scores, hours spent sleeping, and number of visitors to see if these variables impact minutes spent in ritualistic behavior among patients diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder. She reports the following information. What statement is true?
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}
\hline & B & \text { Sig } \
\hline \text { Psychological distress } & 11.511 & .040 \
\hline \text { Sleeping } & -4.735 & .020 \
\hline \text { Visitors } & 3.22 & .61 \
\hline
\end{array}$
A) The most significant predictor is psychological distress.
B) All of the variables are significant predictors.
C) Sleeping does not impacts the number of minutes spent in ritualistic behavior.
D) For each additional hour of sleep ritualistic behaviors are decreased by a little less than five minutes.

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The coefficient for sleeping is -4.735 with a significance level of .020, indicating that for each additional hour of sleep, ritualistic behaviors decrease by approximately 4.735 minutes, which is statistically significant.

A Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Completes a Study Examining Psychological Distress