After Recombination Occurred, the Universe Was Plunged into a Period

question 64

Short Answer

After recombination occurred, the Universe was plunged into a period of time known as the ___________, which lasted hundreds of millions of years until the first stars were born.

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Definitions:

Normal Approximation

Normal approximation is a statistical technique that applies the properties of the normal distribution to approximate the distribution of sample data or statistics.

Standardized Test Statistic

A value computed from sample data and the null hypothesis that measures how many standard deviations the sample data falls from the hypothesized value.

Alternative Hypothesis

In statistical hypothesis testing, the hypothesis that suggests there is an effect or a difference, as opposed to the null hypothesis which suggests there is no effect or difference.

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is correct.