What Have Increasing Numbers of Archaeologists Concluded About the Earliest

question 53

Multiple Choice

What have increasing numbers of archaeologists concluded about the earliest migrants to the Americas?

• A) That the first peoples traveled by both foot and boat
• B) That humans did not cross the Bering Strait at all
• C) That peoples could not have arrived any earlier than 9000 B.C.E.
• D) That humans were primarily hunters of big game

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Definitions:

Nonparametric Test

A type of statistical test that does not assume a specific distribution for the data, often used when data doesn't meet the assumptions required for parametric tests.

Normally Distributed

Describes a probability distribution that is symmetrical around its mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Abnormally Distributed

Indicative of a probability distribution that does not follow a normal distribution pattern, potentially skewed or featuring heavy tails.

Un-standardized Test Statistic

A test statistic that has not been converted to a standard form, representing raw effect sizes or differences observed in data.