In What Way Were the Witch-Hunts and the Inquisition in Early

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Essay

In what way were the witch-hunts and the Inquisition in early modern Europe similar? Who were their targets, and where were these practices most popular?

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Definitions:

Regression Model

A statistical approach for estimating the relationships among variables.

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model that are manipulated to observe their effect on dependent variables.

Degrees Of Freedom

The quantity of independent values or measures that can be allocated to a statistical distribution.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it is the threshold at which the level of significance is set.