Examine the Attempts to Help the Recently Freed Former Slaves

question 36

Essay

Examine the attempts to help the recently freed former slaves.What were the goals of the federal government for these freed men and women? How successful was the government in achieving those goals?

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, often denoted by alpha.

Proportion

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole; a ratio.

Inference

The process of drawing conclusions about a population based on data from a sample.

Statistical Inference

The process of using data analysis to deduce properties of an underlying probability distribution.