The Development of the Scientific Theory Related to the Higgs

question 311

Multiple Choice

The development of the scientific theory related to the Higgs boson was unusual in that

• A) it began with observations made over a century ago.
• B) it began with theoretical calculations rather than observations.
• C) the observations that began the investigation completely disproved the currently accepted model, thus leaving the theorists with no structure to build on.
• D) the original theory was an outgrowth of an entirely unrelated area of philosophy.

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Definitions:

Studentized Range Statistic

A statistical measure used in significance testing of the difference between the highest and the lowest means in a set, taking into account sample size.

Tukey's Multiple Comparison

A statistical method used to find which means among a set of means differ from the rest after conducting an ANOVA test.

Fisher's LSD

A statistical method used to compare means while controlling for familywise error rate in the context of an ANOVA.

Pooled Variance Estimator

An estimate of variance that combines the variances from two or more samples, assuming that they come from populations with the same variance.