____________ Holds That,when Dealing with Competing Theories,the Simplest One Should

question 40

Multiple Choice

____________ holds that,when dealing with competing theories,the simplest one should be chosen.

• A)Skepticism
• B)Ambiguity
• C)The principle of parsimony
• D)Critical thinking

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Definitions:

Two-Tailed Test

A hypothesis test in which the critical area for a rejection of the null hypothesis is in both tails of the probability distribution, allowing for testing of deviations in both directions.

Population Mean

The average of all the values in a population, representing the central tendency of the total population.

Type II Error

The failure to reject a false null hypothesis or a false negative in hypothesis testing.

Significance Level

The significance level, denoted by alpha, is the threshold chosen by researchers below which a p-value must fall for results to be considered statistically significant.