What Is a Database

question 24

Multiple Choice

What is a database?

• A) a structured collection of related files and data
• B) simply a collection of data
• C) a data file holding a single file
• D) flat files used to store data

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

The factor in a study that the scientist alters to examine its impact on the outcome variable.

Control

The capacity to affect how people act or the progression of occurrences.

Control Group

In experimental research, the group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, serving as a benchmark for measuring the effect of that treatment.

Experimental

Pertaining to or based on experiments, which are structured and controlled tests or investigations to establish or test a hypothesis.