Explain What Is Meant by the Term State Function, and Give

question 27

Essay

Explain what is meant by the term state function, and give an example of something that is a state function and something that is not a state function.

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Definitions:

Linearly Correlated

A statistical relationship between two variables in which changes in one variable are associated with proportional changes in another variable along a straight line.

Normally Distributed

Describes a symmetric, bell-shaped distribution of data where the mean, median, and mode are equal, prevalent in many natural phenomena.

Coefficient of Determination

A statistical measure that explains the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.

Sum of Squares

A statistical measure of the dispersion of observation values, calculated as the sum of the squared differences from the mean.