Do One of the Following, as Appropriate: (A) Find the Critical

question 139

Multiple Choice

Do one of the following, as appropriate: (a) Find the critical value $\mathrm { z } _ { \alpha / 2 }$ , (b) find the critical value $t _ { \alpha / 2 }$ , (c) state that
neither the normal nor the t distribution applies.
- $99 \% ; \mathrm { n } = 17 ; \sigma$ is unknown; population appears to be normally distributed.

• A) \(\mathrm { t } _ { \alpha / 2 } = 2.898\)
• B) \(\mathrm { z } _ { \alpha / 2 } = 2.567\)
• C) \(\mathrm { z } _ { \alpha / 2 } = 2.583\)
• D) \(t _ { \alpha / 2 } = 2.921\)

Describe the transition from communism to democracy in Eastern Europe and the challenges involved.

Evaluate the influence of military conflicts and interventions on national and international politics.

Explain the effects of policies and leadership on European integration and independence movements.

Examine the role of ethnic and nationalistic tensions in the disintegration of Yugoslavia and subsequent conflicts.

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Definitions:

Maintenance Rehearsal

A cognitive process that involves repeatedly verbalizing or thinking about a piece of information to keep it in short-term memory longer.

Chunking

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Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information that follows.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember the most recently presented information best in a series of items.