Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Oceanic

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the oceanic voyages?

• A) Europeans were the first to make long-distance ocean voyages.
• B) Columbus was the first European to reach North America.
• C) Travelers from Asia had long made voyages to distant places and engaged in trade across the Indian Ocean before Columbus voyaged to the New World.
• D) The North Atlantic presented fewer hazards than the Indian or Pacific Oceans.

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Definitions:

One-Sample Test

A statistical test used to determine if the mean of a single sample differs significantly from a known or hypothesized population mean.

Variance

A measure of dispersion that represents the average of the squared differences from the mean.

P-Value

A statistical measure that helps researchers determine if their hypothesis is supported, indicating the probability of observing the obtained results, or more extreme, if the null hypothesis is true.

Power of the Test

The probability that a statistical test will correctly reject a false null hypothesis, or its ability to detect an effect when there is one.