Francesca Is at a Casino Watching a Game Involving Dice

question 16

Multiple Choice

Francesca is at a casino watching a game involving dice.She determines that one of the dice is loaded,causing it to turn up "3" more often than would be expected by chance.To know for certain if this was true,Francesca would have to conduct a study to determine if her findings have statistical ____.

• A) significance
• B) power
• C) validity
• D) generalizability

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption to be tested in statistical analysis.

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Additional insurance that complements primary health plans by covering extra or uncovered health care costs.

Proportion

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole; a statistical term referring to the ratio of one part to the whole.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis in statistical testing that proposes no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations.