In Light of Future Evidence,it Seems Apparent That in the Compromise

question 5

Multiple Choice

In light of future evidence,it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850 the South made a tactical blunder by

• A) allowing a ban on the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
• B) demanding a strong fugitive-slave law.
• C) not insisting on federal protection of slavery in the territories.
• D) allowing the admission of California as a free state.
• E) allowing popular sovereignty in Nebraska territory.

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Definitions:

Levels

Distinct values or categories that a qualitative variable can take, often used in the context of experimental design and analysis.

Independent SRSs

Independent Simple Random Samples; a sampling technique where each subset of the population has an equal probability of being chosen, and the selections are made independently of each other.

Normally Distributed

Describing a data set where the observations are symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

SSE

SSE, or Sum of Squares Error, is a measure used in statistics to describe the amount of variation or deviation of sample values from the fitted values in a model.