The Late Nineteenth Century Has Been Called the Gilded Age

question 2

Multiple Choice

The late nineteenth century has been called the Gilded Age because

• A) the government was firmly committed to the gold standard.
• B) the era was characterized by an obsession with riches.
• C) the average American's standard of living rapidly improved.
• D) people from the countryside were lured to the rapidly growing cities.

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Definitions:

ANOVA Model

Stands for Analysis of Variance, a statistical model used to compare and analyze the differences among group means in a sample.

Normally Distributed

Describes a bell-shaped distribution of data points, where most scores cluster around a central peak and the probabilities for values taper off equally in both directions from the center.

Population Means

The average values for characteristics or measurements calculated for every member of an entire population.

Sums of Squares

A statistical technique used in ANOVA to describe the total variability of a dataset by calculating the sum of squared differences from the mean.