An Alternative to Trying to Confirm That the Claim Is

question 36

Multiple Choice

An alternative to trying to confirm that the claim is true, a strong critical thinker may set about trying to.__________.

• A) confirm the claim
• B) disconfirm the claim
• C) ignore the claim
• D) have faith in the claim
• E) suspend judgment

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A numerical value that represents a characteristic or measure of an entire population.

Population Standard Error

A measure of how much the sample mean of a population is likely to vary from the true population mean.

Confidence Interval

An array of values, sourced from statistical analysis of a sample, believed to cover the value of an unspecified population parameter.

Mean

The average of a set of numerical values, calculated by adding all the figures together and then dividing by the number of values.