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Briefly Summarize the Main Findings and Implications of the PET

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Briefly summarize the main findings and implications of the PET scan study investigating brain activation during hypnosisthat was discussed in the Critical Thinking Box titled "IsHypnosis a Special State of Consciousness?"


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Inferential Statistics

The field of statistics focused on drawing conclusions or making forecasts about a whole population from a subset of collected data.

Probability

An indicator of how probable an event is, represented numerically between 0 and 1.

Nonrandom Sampling

A sampling technique where the samples are gathered in a process that does not give all the individuals in the population equal chances of being selected.

Sampling Error

Sampling error is the discrepancy between a sample statistic and its corresponding population parameter, caused by selecting a sample rather than conducting a census.

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