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Which of the following processes probably caused the failure of this riverbank in Costa Rica? Which of the following processes probably caused the failure of this riverbank in Costa Rica?   A)  a combination of higher river level and stronger current after a recent storm B)  a lahar from one of Costa Rica's volcanoes C)  a rock slide triggered by an earthquake D)  soil creep


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Sample Mean

The arithmetic average of a sample set of data, used to estimate the population mean.

Normally Distributed

Describes a data set that follows a bell-shaped curve where most observations cluster around the mean and probabilities for values taper off symmetrically towards both extremes.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in the set differ from the mean.

Random Samples

A sample from a population that is chosen in such a way that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.

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