Most Political Scientists, Like Scientists in Other Disciplines, Accept ______________

question 21

Multiple Choice

Most political scientists, like scientists in other disciplines, accept ______________, in which it is not necessary to explain or predict a phenomenon with 100% accuracy.

• A) Approximate explanation
• B) Nonapproximate explanation
• C) Probabilistic explanation
• D) Nonprobabilistic explanation

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in relation to their mean.

Publisher Type Score

A scoring system or scale provided by the publisher of a test or assessment tool, often used to interpret individual or group test results.

Mean

The average value obtained by adding all the numbers in a data set together and then dividing by the number of values.

Z Score

A statistical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values, measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean.