When Computing P-Values

question 91

Multiple Choice

When computing p-values,

• A) the size of the sample matters, but variation in the population does not matter.
• B) variation in the population matters, but the size of the sample does not matter.
• C) both the size of the sample and variation in the population matter.
• D) neither the size of the sample nor variation in the population matter.

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Definitions:

Discrete Random Variables

Variables that take on a countable number of distinct and separate values.

Continuous Random Variables

Variables that can take an infinite number of values within a given range, for instance, weight or temperature.

Probability Distribution

A mathematical function that provides the probabilities of occurrence of various possible outcomes in an experiment.

Standard Deviation

An important measure in statistics that expresses the variability or spread of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.