Penny and Charles Got Married After 40 and Are Too

question 48

Multiple Choice

Penny and Charles got married after 40 and are too old to have their own children. They went to a nearby orphanage and brought a baby boy home to be part of their family. In this scenario, Penny and Charles have opted for _____.

• A)artificial insemination
• B)a surrogate mother
• C)adoption
• D)in vitro fertilization

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Definitions:

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, measuring its accuracy as an estimate of the population parameter.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a specified level of confidence.

Point Estimate

Single value used to estimate an unknown population parameter.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that represents a characteristic of an entire population, such as its mean or standard deviation.