In Eastern Europe and the Countries of the Former Soviet

question 36

Multiple Choice

In Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union,

• A)grave environmental problems plague Eastern Europe.
• B)the area suffers from widespread illness and countless premature deaths. 
• C)the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest inland sea, is now half its previous size.
• D)All of the above are correct.

Understand the concept of the t-statistic and its role in hypothesis testing.

Determine when to reject or not reject the null hypothesis based on p-values and significance levels (alpha values).

Interpret the significance levels and what p < .01 and p < .05 imply about the data.

Calculate and interpret the standard error of the mean.

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