The Platt Amendment

question 8

Multiple Choice

The Platt Amendment:

• A) recognized Cuban autonomy.
• B) granted independence to Puerto Rico.
• C) limited the U.S. presence in the Philippines.
• D) authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

Distribution probabilities of a given statistic, ascertained through random sampling.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the extent of variability or spread within a collection of numbers, illustrating the degree to which these numbers diverge from one another in a dataset.

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a set of data that is symmetrically distributed around the mean.

Binomial Random Variable

A random variable that follows a binomial distribution, representing the number of successes in a fixed number of binary experiments.