From 2000 to 2013, the Number of High-Poverty Neighborhoods __________________

question 19

Multiple Choice

From 2000 to 2013, the number of high-poverty neighborhoods __________________.

• A) decreased
• B) increased
• C) stayed the same
• D) increased and then decreased

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

The null hypothesis is a statement or assumption that there is no effect or no difference, serving as the default or starting assumption in statistical hypothesis testing.

Normal Approximation

A method used in statistics to approximate binomial distributions with normal distributions when sample sizes are large, under certain conditions.

Binomial

A statistical distribution that represents the number of successes in a fixed number of trials, with each trial having two possible outcomes.

Population Proportions

The percentage or fraction of individuals in a population that exhibit a particular attribute or characteristic.