According to Your Text, When a Scientist Submits a Study

question 74

Multiple Choice

According to your text, when a scientist submits a study for publication to a journal where other scientists will read it and decide whether or not it will be published, the article is undergoing _______.

• A)external observation
• B)peer review
• C)statistical analysis
• D)critical examination

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Definitions:

Frequency Distribution

A method of understanding test scores by ordering a set of scores from high to low and listing the corresponding frequency of each score across from it.

Histogram

A method of converting a frequency distribution of scores into a bar graph. After combining scores by class interval, the class intervals are placed along the x-axis and the frequency of scores along the y-axis.

Interval

A range of values between two points, often used in statistics and measurements.

Frequency Distribution

An overview of all distinct values in some variable and the number of times they occur.