Material Culture -- Objects That People Have and Make --

question 21

Multiple Choice

Material culture -- objects that people have and make -- is

• A) made up exclusively of archaeological artifacts.
• B) a direct reflection of past culture.
• C) made up exclusively of archaeological features.
• D) perfectly preserved in the archaeological record.
• E) not reflected in garbage middens.

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Definitions:

P-value

A measure in statistics that helps to determine the significance of results obtained in hypothesis testing, indicating the probability of observing the results if the null hypothesis is true.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, usually the mean, indicating the precision of an estimate.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by quantifying the variability of sample means.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, affecting the shape of the distribution.