Why Was It Difficult to Set Up a New Government

question 98

Multiple Choice

Why was it difficult to set up a new government in post-Revolutionary America?

• A) Each of the thirteen sovereign states had their own unique form of government.
• B) Few people wanted to serve as political leaders.
• C) Economic problems after the war complicated the situation for the new nation.
• D) The various states had little experience with self-government and were confused about how to proceed.
• E) There was much unity in the new nation but not many ideas about how best to govern.

Identify when and how to perform a one-sample test for means.

Comprehend the process and rationale behind hypothesis testing, including the setup of null and alternative hypotheses.

Understand the process and formulation of hypothesis testing in statistical analysis.

Grasp the concept and application limitations of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A spread of values obtained from statistical scrutiny of samples, presumed to potentially contain the value of an undetermined population parameter.

Confidence Interval Estimate

An interval of values calculated from a sample that is expected to include the value of an unseen population parameter, with a certain degree of confidence.

Prediction Interval

An estimate of an interval in which future observations will fall, with a certain probability, given what has already been observed.

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical method used to model the relationship between a single independent variable and a dependent variable by fitting a linear equation to observed data.