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question 47

Multiple Choice

In 2016, the five smallest states held roughly 0.5 percent of the seats in the U.S.House of Representatives and 10 percent of the seats in the U.S.Senate.These differing levels of representation of the five small states were the result of which decision during the Constitutional Convention?

• A)the New Jersey Plan
• B)the Virginia Plan
• C)the Three-Fifths Compromise
• D)the Great Compromise
• E)the Separation of Powers

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion indicating how much the values in a data set differ from the mean.

Relatively Efficient

Describes a statistical estimator or procedure that has lower variance or better performance compared to others under certain conditions.

Point Estimate

A single value given as an estimate of a population parameter, often derived from sample data.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that characterizes a given population, such as mean or standard deviation.