Instructions: Each of the Following Sentences Tells What You Are

question 1009

Multiple Choice

Instructions: Each of the following sentences tells what you are trying to persuade someone to do. Beneath each sentence are four reasons that attempt to convince the reader that he or she should take this particular course of action. Select the letter of the reason that seems irrelevant, illogical, or untrue. If you wanted to persuade a person not to keep a wild animal as a pet, you could say that

• A) a wild animal is potentially dangerous.
• B) escaped wild pets may seriously disrupt local ecosystems.
• C) a person who keeps a wild animal is obviously mean and selfish.
• D) keeping a wild animal as a pet may be illegal.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

An estimated range of values calculated from the statistics of observed data, indicating where a true parameter of a population is likely to exist with a specified level of certainty.

Sample

A subset of individuals or events from a larger population used to conduct statistical analysis.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all numbers in the set by the quantity of numbers.

Hypothesis Testing

A method of statistical inference used to decide if data supports a specific hypothesis.