Which Sentence Illustrates Appropriate Use of the Active Voice

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which sentence illustrates appropriate use of the active voice?

• A) The academic reports were prepared by the associate vice president.
• B) The office contest was suggested by Nick Anderson.
• C) The First Bank and National Bank announced that they will merge.
• D) The national budget reform will be announced later this week by the president.
• E) The application for the loan extension is being processed today.

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Definitions:

One-way ANOVA

A statistical test used to determine if there are statistically significant differences between the means of three or more independent groups based on one variable.

F-ratio

The F-ratio is a statistic used to compare variances across groups, often in ANOVA, to test if the means of several groups are equal.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Critical Value

A threshold in hypothesis testing that defines the boundary or cutoff for deciding whether to reject the null hypothesis.