Given the Following Code Snippet: What Value Will Be

question 16

Multiple Choice

Given the following code snippet: What value will be returned when this code is executed with a call to newCalc(5) ?

• A)5
• B)1.5
• C)5.5

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, used as a threshold for determining the statistical significance of a result.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set of numbers, calculated by summing all observations and dividing by the number of observations.

Standard Deviation

A metric that quantifies the range of diversity or distribution of a series of values.

P-value

The probability of test results being at least as extreme as the observed outcomes, under the belief that the null hypothesis is factual.