One of the Reasons You Had Labs in Your Science

question 68

Multiple Choice

One of the reasons you had labs in your science courses in high school was to allow you to perform experiments that fostered your understanding of the scientific principles. The use of these science labs to gain understanding and insight of various scientific principles is an example of

• A) latent learning.
• B) discovery learning.
• C) observational learning.
• D) cognitive mapping.

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Definitions:

Population Variances

The measurement of how much the numbers in a specific population are spread out from their mean.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data that is used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Confidence Interval

An interval of figures obtained from statistics of a sample, expected to include the value of a hidden population parameter.

Level of Significance

A predetermined value that indicates the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.