How Is the Relative Frequency of an Event Defined

question 43

Multiple Choice

How is the relative frequency of an event defined?

• A)Since the z-value does not fall within the region of rejection, we should not conclude that this sample mean represents some other population
• B)The average number of times an event occurs in the population of events
• C)The proportion of times an event occurs in the population of events
• D)The proportion of times all events occur

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Definitions:

Descriptive Techniques

Statistical methods used to describe the basic features of data in a study, providing simple summaries about the sample.

Inferential Techniques

Statistical methods used to make predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data from that population.

Population

The entire group of individuals or items of interest from which a sample may be drawn for a study.

Ordinal Data

Data that represent categories with a meaningful order or ranking, but where the intervals between categories are not necessarily equal.