In Contrast to the Progress Seen in Singapore, Hong Kong

question 21

Multiple Choice

In contrast to the progress seen in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan, which area of the world has been deteriorating for a generation, with over 40 percent of its people living on less than a dollar a day?

• A) Latin America
• B) China
• C) sub-Saharan Africa
• D) Pakistan

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A measure of the variability or dispersion of a sampling distribution, often used as an estimate of the accuracy of a sample mean.

Plus Four Method

A statistical method that adds four to the sample size and regards two successes and two failures in a binomial proportion confidence interval.

P-value

The probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, assuming the null hypothesis is true; used to determine statistical significance.

Hypothesis

A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.