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In a(n) ______________study of suicide,sociologists might ask: Why do African American men over age sixty-five have a significantly lower suicide rate than white males in the same age bracket?


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Type II Error

A statistical error that occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected, also known as a "false negative" finding.

Two-Tailed Hypothesis

A form of statistical hypothesis testing where the alternative hypothesis specifies that the parameter of interest differs from the null hypothesis.

Population Mean

The average value of all the members of a set or population, denoting the central tendency.

Null Hypothesis

An assumption made for a statistical test that there is no significant difference or effect, to be tested against the alternative hypothesis.

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