A school psychologist was concerned with the number of children being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). If she were interested in learning how many new cases of ADHD had been diagnosed within the last two years, she will look at ____.
A) concordance rates
B) incidence rates
C) sampling rates
D) prevalence rates

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Incidence rates refer to the number of new cases of a disease or condition that appear in a specific population during a defined time period. Since the psychologist is interested in new cases of ADHD diagnosed within the last two years, incidence rates would provide the relevant information.

A School Psychologist Was Concerned with the Number of Children