Inferential Statistics Uses the Sample Data to Generalize to Populations

question 53

True/False

Inferential statistics uses the sample data to generalize to populations.

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Definitions:

Significant Consequences

Outcomes or results of actions that have a notable impact on individuals, groups, or systems, often causing lasting changes.

Elaboration Likelihood Model

A theory explaining how people process persuasive messages, differentiating between a central route of careful scrutiny and a peripheral route of cues external to the message.

Personal Relevance Theory

The hypothesis that people pay more attention to and are more likely to remember information that they find personally relevant or meaningful.

Psychological Reactance

A behavioral response to perceived threats to one’s autonomy, often resulting in opposition to being controlled.