Which of the Following Is a Characteristic of the German

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a characteristic of the German immigrants to the American colonies in the eighteenth century?

• A) They seldom came in family groups.
• B) Because they belonged to a variety of Protestant sects, they added to the religious diversity of middle colonies such as Pennsylvania.
• C) Most were Catholics fleeing persecution at the hands of Lutherans in the German states.
• D) Most were exiled from their respective German states because of their radical political ideas.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

In an experiment or model, the variable that is being tested and measured, expected to change in response to changes in the independent variable.

Dependent Variable

A response variable whose variation is being studied to understand the impact of one or more independent variables.

Independent Variable

A factor in a study or simulation that is intentionally altered to examine its impact on the outcome variable.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors; a measure used in statistics to quantify the variation or deviation of predicted values from the actual observed values.