Nero Is an Elderly Man Who Lives with His Nephew

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Essay

Nero is an elderly man who lives with his nephew Mervyn. Nero is dependent on Mervyn for support. Mervyn advises Nero to "invest" in Mervyn's "professional gambling" venture, or Mervyn will no longer support him. Nero liquidates his other investments and signs a contract with Mervyn, to whom Nero gives the funds. Can Nero set aside this contract?

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The probability that the observed data would occur if the null hypothesis were true, used as a measure to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

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Analysis of Variance

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