Drawing on the Concepts You Learned Throughout This Chapter, Consider

question 7

Essay

Drawing on the concepts you learned throughout this chapter, consider the concept of social distance. What is social distance, and how do you think trends in social distance will change over time in the United States?

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Definitions:

Type I Error

The error of rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a false positive.

Alpha

Often denoted as α, it is a significance level used in hypothesis testing, representing the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis.

Alpha

A term often associated with the significance level in hypothesis testing, indicating the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis.

Type II Error

The error occurs when the null hypothesis is not rejected when it is actually false.