Because Terrorist Events Are Sensational, They Tend to Receive a Lot

question 1

True/False

Because terrorist events are sensational, they tend to receive a lot of coverage from U.S. outlets, no matter where they occur.

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Definitions:

Goodness-of-fit Test

A statistical test used to determine how well observed sample data fits the expected distribution.

Poisson Distribution

A discrete probability distribution expressing the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space.

Null Hypothesis

A statement of no effect or no difference, used as a default hypothesis that there is no relationship between two measured phenomena.

Chi-square Test

A statistical test used to examine the association between two categorical variables by comparing observed values to expected values.