Charles Beard Hypothesized Which of the Following About the Constitution

question 20

Multiple Choice

Charles Beard hypothesized which of the following about the Constitution?

• A) It was produced by wealthy property owners in order to protect their property.
• B) It was produced by abolitionists in order to abolish slavery.
• C) It was produced by the poor in order to build economic resilience.
• D) It was produced by the politically elite in order to control the bulk of the government's power.
• E) It was produced by the poor in order to push toward class-based revolution.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which the null hypothesis is rejected.

Sampling Distribution

A probability distribution of a statistic obtained through a large number of samples drawn from a specific population.

Chi-square Distribution

A probability distribution that arises in statistics as the distribution of a sum of the squares of independent standard normal random variables.

P-value

In statistical hypothesis testing, it represents the probability of observing a test statistic as extreme as, or more extreme than, the value observed under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.