Fundamentally, Cloud Computing Is an Umbrella Technology That Encompasses the Ideas

question 22

Multiple Choice

Fundamentally, cloud computing is an umbrella technology that encompasses the ideas of ________________, service-oriented architectures, and grid computing.

• A) Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
• B) distributed computing
• C) e-business
• D) virtualization
• E) networking

Apply knowledge of confidence intervals to determine the impact of sample size on the precision of mean estimates.

Analyze how changes in sample size affect the variability among sample means.

Comprehend definitions and roles of population and sample standard errors in constructing confidence intervals.

Distinguish between correct and incorrect interpretations of confidence interval probabilities.

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Definitions:

Unbiased Estimator

A statistical estimator that, on average, produces values equal to the parameter being estimated.

Population Parameter

A characteristic or measure that describes an aspect of an entire population, such as mean or standard deviation.

Sampling Distribution

A distribution showing the chances of different outcomes for a statistic, which is generated from a significant amount of samples from a certain population.

Sample Size

The number of individuals or observations used in a sample to estimate characteristics of an entire population.