Minoosh Created a Study to Measure How Different After-School Programs

question 73

Multiple Choice

Minoosh created a study to measure how different after-school programs affected students' grades. She will use her findings to help schools allocate funding into after-school programs. Her study is an example of

• A) basic research.
• B) applied research.
• C) public sociology.
• D) research methods.

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Definitions:

Bootstrap Confidence Interval

A method in statistics for estimating the range within which a population parameter is likely to lie, based on resampling with replacement from the sample data.

Median Weight

The middle value in a list of weights sorted from lowest to highest, dividing the distribution into two equal halves.

Toronto

The capital city of the province of Ontario in Canada, known for its high population density and cultural diversity.

Least Likely

Refers to the outcome or event with the lowest probability of occurrence among all considered alternatives.