Legitimizing Myths Are Explanations That Are Used to Account for ____

question 159

Multiple Choice

Legitimizing myths are explanations that are used to account for ____.

• A)inequalities in power (e.g., ethnic disparities in the United States)
• B)random acts of violence and terror (e.g., the terrorist attacks of 9/11)
• C)natural wonders and mysteries (e.g., the existence of the universe)
• D)personal failures or defeats (e.g., why you slept through class)

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is used to estimate the true value of a population parameter with a specified level of confidence.

Prediction Interval

In statistics, a range within which a future observation or data point is expected to fall, with a specified probability.

Heteroscedasticity

A condition in regression analysis where the variance of the error terms or disturbances is not constant across all levels of an independent variable.

Error Variable

A random variable signifying the discrepancy between the forecasted value and the true observed value in statistical analysis.