____ Is the Phase of System Development in Which the Current

question 73

Multiple Choice

____ is the phase of system development in which the current system and identified problems are studied in depth and the needs of system users are assessed.

• A) Preliminary investigation
• B) System design
• C) System analysis
• D) System acquisition

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be arbitrarily assigned in a statistical calculation, often reflecting the number of values that are free to vary.

Independent Variable

In statistical analysis, a variable presumed to cause or influence the dependent variable without itself being affected by any other variables of interest.

ANOVA

Analysis of Variance, a statistical method used to compare the means of three or more samples to determine if at least one of the sample means significantly differs from the others.

SST

Total Sum of Squares, a measure used in statistical analysis to quantify the variation within a set of observations.