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Define What Is Meant by the Term Risk Society

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Define what is meant by the term risk society. Provide some examples of ongoing and current environmental threats being faced by Canadians and the world.


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Level of Significance

The threshold in hypothesis testing that determines whether a p-value indicates a statistically significant result, typically set at 0.05 or 5%.

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis, depending on the level of significance set for the test.

Chi-Square Distribution

A probability distribution used in statistical significance testing, especially for categorical data and goodness-of-fit tests.

Population Variance

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a population's values, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the population mean.

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