Professor Nguyen Is Interested in Studying the Effects of Gender

question 4

Multiple Choice

Professor Nguyen is interested in studying the effects of gender on shopping practices .In her study, she distinguishes between gender by having a variable which takes on the value of 1 for females and takes on the value of 0 for males .This is an example of using a(n) :

• A)Dummy variable
• B)Coded variable
• C)Imperfect variable
• D)Identified variable

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Definitions:

Population Locations

A term not commonly used in statistics in its listed form; may refer to the geographical distribution or spread of a population.

Matched Pairs Experiment

An experimental design in which participants are paired based on certain criteria, ensuring that each pair is similar except for the treatment received.

Z-Statistic

A statistical measure that represents the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a data set, used for hypothesis testing in standardized situations.

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.