Policy Analysts Might Review What Happened in ______, When Policies

question 32

Short Answer

Policy analysts might review what happened in ______, when policies for similar problems were previously enacted, in order to consider applying the same policy tool for a current situation.

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Definitions:

Permutation Test

A nonparametric statistical test method used to determine if two or more samples come from the same distribution.

P-value

A statistical measure indicating the probability of observing test results at least as extreme as those actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Standard Deviation

A measure that indicates the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values from the mean (average) of that set.

Resamples

The process of taking repeated samples from observed data, often with replacement, to perform statistical inference.