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Why does MacDonald claim that "It makes sense to say, 'Banquo's ghost appeared at the banquet,' but it would be nonsense to say 'My dream of Westminster Abbey appeared between the window and the wardrobe'"? Do you agree with MacDonald? Explain your answer.


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99th Percentile

A value below which 99% of the data points in a data set fall, used as a measure of statistical distribution.

Z Distribution

A statistical distribution that describes the distribution of standardized values; it's used in inference regarding mean of normally distributed populations when the standard deviation is known.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a set of data points in relation to their mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the numbers in a set together and then dividing by the count of those numbers.

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