What Explains the Relatively Low Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Multiple Choice

What explains the relatively low level of greenhouse gas emissions in Latin America?

• A) lower average energy consumption
• B) higher reliance on renewable energy (especially hydropower and biofuels)
• C) greater use of public transportation
• D) regrowth of vegetation that absorbs carbon dioxide
• E) All of the choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped frequency distribution curve that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Goodness-of-fit Test

A statistical test used to determine if a set of observed frequencies differs significantly from the expected frequencies.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test, used to make a decision about the null hypothesis.

Z

In statistics, 'Z' often refers to a Z-score, which measures the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean.