Highlighting a Few of the Ideas in Your Textbook and Writing

question 445

Multiple Choice

Highlighting a few of the ideas in your textbook and writing notes in the margins helps to consolidate memory by

• A)selecting the important information.
• B)creating the serial position effect.
• C)creating partial learning.
• D)providing feedback.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of values, calculated as the average of the squared deviations from the mean.

Computational Formula

Formula that is an algebraic manipulation of a definitional formula designed to minimize the complexity of mathematical calculations.

Variance

The average of the squared differences from the Mean, a statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a data set.

Computational Formula

A formula used to compute statistical measures that often simplifies the arithmetic process.