You Are a Freshman Member of the House of Representatives

question 40

Essay

You are a freshman member of the House of Representatives and want to represent your district to the best of your ability.You know that being on the right committee is crucial.What committee(s)would you most like to be on and why? When and how might you become chair? What advantages will being on a committee offer you and your constituents? With what obstacles will you have to contend? Be sure to consider how your particular district affects your choices.

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Definitions:

Pooled-variances T-test

A statistical method for testing if two populations have equal variances.

Population Variances

The measure of how data points in an entire population are spread out from the average value (mean).

Variance

A statistical measure of the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the analysis without violating any given constraints.