One Difference Between Frequency Distributions and Normal Distributions Is That

question 104

Multiple Choice

One difference between frequency distributions and normal distributions is that ______.

• A) only frequency distributions are based on data collected by researchers
• B) frequency distributions are based on formulas; normal distributions are based on data
• C) frequency distributions are represented by parameters; normal distributions are represented by statistics
• D) normal distributions are more likely to be skewed than frequency distributions

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Definitions:

Ratio

A quantitative relationship between two numbers, showing how many times one value contains or is contained within the other.

F Table

A table used in statistics to determine the critical values of the F-distribution, often used in analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Level Of Significance

A threshold of probability set by the researcher to determine whether a hypothesis test results can be considered statistically significant.

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a population's data points from its mean, calculating how much the population figures vary.