The Biggest Danger to Scientific Development Is to Report a Relationship

question 9

True/False

The biggest danger to scientific development is to report a relationship that does not exist. This is considered a type II error.

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Definitions:

Regression Analysis

A set of statistical processes for estimating the relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Confidence Interval

An estimate of an interval in which a population parameter lies, based on sample data, with a specified level of certainty.

Body Fat

A component of the body that consists of stored fat and is essential for normal physiological and metabolic functions.

Correlation

An indicator that measures the degree to which multiple variables vary in unison.