The Earliest Theories of Language Were Based Either on __________

question 13

Short Answer

The earliest theories of language were based either on __________ theory or the common sense idea that language is learned by __________ .

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Definitions:

Bootstrap Distribution

A distribution of estimates generated by resampling from a dataset, used to approximate the sampling distribution of a statistic.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic based on a random sample, used to estimate the unknown population parameter.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, indicating the variability of an estimate if the same procedure were repeated multiple times.

Resamples

Resamples are subsets of data drawn from an original dataset, often with replacement, used in bootstrap methods to estimate the variability or distribution of a statistic.