How Did Geography Affect Connections Within Mesoamerica and Between Mesoamerica

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Essay

How did geography affect connections within Mesoamerica and between Mesoamerica and the rest of the Americas?

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Definitions:

Double Exponential Smoothing

A forecasting technique that applies two levels of smoothing to capture trends in time series data more accurately than single exponential smoothing.

Slope Significance

The statistical importance of the slope coefficient in a linear regression model, indicating whether the independent variable has a meaningful impact on the dependent variable.

Exponential Smoothing Model

A forecasting technique that applies smoothing constants to weight past observations, giving more importance to recent data.

Regression Method

A statistical approach used to model and analyze the relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.