Study the Body of Each of the Following Paragraphs

question 20

Multiple Choice

Study the body of each of the following paragraphs. Then select the topic sentence that is most accurate. _______________________________________________________________________. When a fifteen-foot tiger shark bit off most of her left arm just below the shoulder, thirteen-year-old Bethany Hamilton did not cry during the attack. She was calm while her friend's father tied a tourniquet around her arm. After a harrowing experience like that, most people wouldn't want to go back into the ocean ever again. Bethany, however, was back on her surfboard just one month later. She also began entering competitions again, refusing special treatment. She said she now prays, sings, or calls out to nearby friends to keep her courage up because fear is something you just have to get over.

• A) Sharks are the biggest danger faced by surfers.
• B) Bethany Hamilton is a very brave young woman.
• C) Bethany Hamilton is a skilled surfer.

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A value that represents a characteristic of an entire population.

Interval Estimate

An estimate of a parameter that provides a range of possible values within which the parameter is expected to lie, specified by a confidence level.

Population Parameter

A numerical characteristic that describes an aspect of a population, such as its mean or variance.

Actual Value

The real value observed or measured, as opposed to an estimated or theoretical value.