What Is the Best Way to Identify the 50 Subjects

question 31

Multiple Choice

What is the best way to identify the 50 subjects from the population of 100?

• A) Select every other individual.
• B) Randomly select 50 individuals.
• C) Examine the first 50 individuals.
• D) Select the first 25 women and the first 25 men.
• E) Place the individuals in alphabetical order, and select every other person.

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Definitions:

Meta-Analysis

A statistical method for combining the results of multiple studies on a topic to integrate findings and draw conclusions.

Chi-square Distribution

A probability distribution that describes the distribution of the sum of the squares of k independent standard normal random variables.

Positive Values

Numbers greater than zero.

Degree of Freedom

The number of independent ways by which a dynamic system can move without violating any constraint applied on it, often used in statistics to determine the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.