If an Adult Who Was Blind from Birth Gains the Ability

question 252

Multiple Choice

If an adult who was blind from birth gains the ability to see,that person would have the greatest difficulty visually distinguishing

• A) ice cubes from golf balls.
• B) the Sun from the Moon.
• C) red from green.
• D) a white cloud from the blue sky.

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypotheses

The hypothesis that proposes there is a statistically significant difference between two parameters or that a particular parameter is significantly different from a hypothesized value.

Type II Error

The error made when failing to reject a false null hypothesis, often referred to as a "false negative".

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistical testing which proposes that no significant difference or effect exists between certain characteristics of a population.

Type I Error

The error of rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a "false positive."