The Equation Was Written to Assess the Probabilities of Technological

question 88

Short Answer

The equation was written to assess the probabilities of technological, intelligent life existing in the Galaxy.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement suggesting that there is no significant difference or relationship in the data being analyzed.

Critical Value

A threshold value that is compared with the test statistic to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Null Hypothesis

A statement that there is no effect or no difference, and it serves as the default assumption to be tested against an alternative hypothesis in statistical analysis.

Doubled Samples

An approach in research where the sample size is increased twofold to improve the statistical power or reduce the margin of error.