Differences in __________ Skills Are Believed to Be Major Contributors

question 78

Multiple Choice

Differences in __________ skills are believed to be major contributors to a widening gender gap in college enrollments.

• A) math
• B) science
• C) computer
• D) literacy

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Definitions:

Parameter

A value that summarizes a characteristic of a population or a statistical model.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, expressed with a certain level of confidence.

Confidence Level

A confidence level is a statistical parameter that expresses how certain one is in the results of a statistical experiment, often represented as a percentage that quantifies the probability that the true parameter lies within the confidence interval.

Population Standard Deviation

The population standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion or variation of all members in a full set or 'population' of data.