Sampling Error Implies That

question 33

Multiple Choice

Sampling error implies that.

• A)mistakes always will be made in selecting participants for an experiment
• B)the means for samples selected from the same population will differ by some chance amount
• C)the means for samples selected from the same population will always be equal
• D)we can decide if an independent variable has an effect by visually inspecting the means of the different groups in an experiment

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Definitions:

Southern Hemisphere

The half of Earth that lies south of the equator.

Rainshadow

A dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area, where precipitation is significantly reduced due to the blocking of moist air and precipitation by the mountains.

Subtropics

Regions of the Earth immediately adjacent to the tropics, characterized by hot, often humid summers and mild to warm winters.

Loess

An essentially unconsolidated sediment consisting predominantly of silt, interpreted to be windblown dust, commonly of glacial origin.