Describe the Sign Test

question 20

Essay

Describe the sign test. What types of hypotheses is it used to test? What is the underlying concept?

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Definitions:

Thomas Jefferson

The third President of the United States (1801-1809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.

John Adams

The second President of the United States (1797-1801), a Founding Father who played a leading role in independence from Britain and the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.

First Continental Congress

A convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen American colonies in 1774, convened to respond to the British "Intolerable Acts."

Revolutionary War

The military conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America from 1775 to 1783, which resulted in the independence of the United States.