What Must Any Culture Do to Ensure Its Ongoing Existence

question 58

Multiple Choice

What must any culture do to ensure its ongoing existence?

• A) institute a democratic means of choosing its leaders
• B) provide a sustainable means of adaptation to the ecosystem
• C) maintain a centralized system to detect crime and delinquency
• D) produce a written language to pass on all accumulated knowledge

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A point on the test distribution that is compared to the test statistic to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Type I Error

The mistaken dismissal of an accurate null hypothesis, commonly known as a "false positive" result.

Type II Error

In statistical hypothesis testing, the error that occurs when one fails to reject a false null hypothesis (a false negative).

Significant

Indicates that the results in statistical analysis are likely not due to chance, and there is a certain degree of reliability in the findings.