Most Europeans Believed That When Natural Disasters Like Earthquakes Occurred

question 48

Multiple Choice

Most Europeans believed that when natural disasters like earthquakes occurred, the cause was

• A) plate tectonics.
• B) supernatural forces.
• C) an imbalance of humors in the body.
• D) that they were illusions.
• E) a ruler who was not virtuous.

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Definitions:

Infinite Population

A population that is so large it is effectively endless, making it impossible to examine every member.

Standard Error

A measure of the variability or spread of a sample statistic from a sample to the true population parameter.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a set of data where most values cluster around a central region, with values tapering off symmetrically in both directions from the center.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (like the mean or proportion) obtained from a large number of samples drawn from the same population.