The Process of Making Conjecture About the Value of a Population

question 26

Multiple Choice

The process of making conjecture about the value of a population parameter, collecting sample data that can be used to assess this conjecture, measuring the strength of the evidence against the conjecture that is provided by the sample, and using these results to draw a conclusion about the conjecture is better known as:

• A) postulation.
• B) hypothesis testing.
• C) statistical inference.
• D) empirical research.

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