Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• A) No new executive departments have been formed since 1936.
• B) The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation were formed in the 1980s.
• C) Most departments are formed either to signal a new national commitment or cement political alliances.
• D) Most executive departments are formed in response to major foreign policy crises.
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Arrival Rate

In the context of queueing theory, it refers to the average number of items (customers, calls, etc.) arriving at a service facility per unit of time.

Level of Significance

The threshold below which a p-value is considered to indicate a statistically significant result, typically set at 0.05 or 5%.

Degrees of Freedom

Represents the number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution without violating any constraining conditions.

Test Statistic

A standardized value used in statistical hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.