About How Far South Did the Descendants of the First

question 12

Multiple Choice

About how far south did the descendants of the first wave of Asian migrants to the New World probably settle?

• A)All the way to the American Southwest.
• B)Part of the way to eastern Canada.
• C)Only as far as Alaska.
• D)The southern tip of South America.
• E)Almost to Mexico City.

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Definitions:

True Proportion

The actual percentage of a population that exhibits a particular characteristic.

Unbiased

A characteristic of an estimator that means the expected value of the estimator equals the true parameter value of the population.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given random-sample-based statistic that provides insight into the shape, bias, and variability of the statistic.

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of numerical figures, originating from sample-derived statistics, expected to capture the value of an unascertained population parameter.