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Chris just completed his college degree from a prestigious university. He did not go to school to become more productive. Rather, he went to school and completed his degree to convey his innate productivity to employers. To which theory of education does he subscribe?
Sample
A subset selected from a larger population for the purpose of statistical analysis.
Null Hypothesis
A statement postulating that there is no difference or effect, used as a starting assumption in hypothesis testing.
Type I
A statistical error that occurs when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected, also known as a "false positive."
Significance Level
Another term for level of significance, indicating the critical probability level at which the results of a statistical test are deemed significant.
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