Researchers Are Interested in Learning More About the Age of Women

question 11

Multiple Choice

Researchers are interested in learning more about the age of women when they marry for the first time so they survey 500 married or divorced women and ask them how old they were when theyFirst married. The collection of the ages of the 500 women when they first
Married is a _{--------------------}.

• A) Parameter
• B) Sample
• C) Statistic
• D) Population

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Definitions:

Absolute Threshold

The minimum stimulus intensity required for detection by the senses.

Signal Detection

A technique used to determine the ability to differentiate between information-bearing patterns and random patterns that distract from the information.

Sensory Adaptation

Sensory adaptation is a phenomenon in which the sensitivity to a stimulus decreases over time as an organism becomes accustomed to its presence.

Just-noticeable Difference

The minimum difference in stimulus intensity required to detect a difference between two stimuli.