The Nervous System Determines the Pitch of a Tone by

question 34

Multiple Choice

The nervous system determines the pitch of a tone by

• A)the region of the basilar membrane that vibrates most vigorously at any one instant.
• B)peak amplitude of basilar membrane displacement.
• C)sites along the basilar membrane where vibrations are longest.
• D)the frequency of oval window vibration.

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Regression Trend Line

A line on a scatter plot, derived from regression analysis, that shows the main trend of the relationship between two variables.

Mean Absolute Deviation

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Sum of Squares

A statistical measure that quantifies the variance within a dataset by summing the squared differences between each value and the mean.

Forecast Accuracy

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