As a Result of His Third Voyage in 1498,Christopher Columbus

question 82

Multiple Choice

As a result of his third voyage in 1498,Christopher Columbus concluded that

• A) all of the lands he had seen were in Asia.
• B) he had never come even remotely close to Asia.
• C) he had encountered a continent separate from Asia.
• D) Asia could not be reached by a ship traveling west from Europe.
• E) the lands he had discovered offered great mineral wealth.

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Definitions:

Z Statistic

A statistic that tells us how many standard deviations an element is from the mean. It is used in hypothesis testing.

Probability

A measure quantifying the likelihood that events will occur, ranging from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

α

Typically used to denote the level of significance in hypothesis testing, representing the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis or the threshold of rareness.

β

Often used to represent the slope coefficient in linear regression analysis, indicating the change in the dependent variable for a one-unit change in an independent variable.