Who Performed an Experiment with an Assistant at Night on Two

question 28

Multiple Choice

Who performed an experiment with an assistant at night on two hilltops a known distance apart with lanterns to try to measure the speed of light?

• A) Aristotle
• B) Galileo
• C) Newton
• D) Einstein

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the accuracy with which a sample represents a population, specifically the variability of sampling distributions.

Test Statistic

A calculated value used to make a decision regarding a hypothesis test; it measures the degree of agreement between a sample data and the null hypothesis.

Sample Proportion

The ratio of members in a statistical sample that have a particular attribute to the total number of members in the sample.

Null Hypothesis

The null hypothesis is a statement used in statistics that proposes there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the starting point for hypothesis testing.