Dr Cyril Conducts a Simple Random Sample of 500 Men

question 34

Multiple Choice

Dr. Cyril conducts a simple random sample of 500 men who became fathers for the first time in the past year. He finds that 23% of them report being unsure of their ability to be good fathers, plus or minus 4%. What is another term for the 4% value?

• A)Margin of error
• B)Sampling bias
• C)Probability value
• D)Statistical significance

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that is symmetric about the mean and characterized by its mean and standard deviation.

Categorical Data

Labels or names used to identify categories of like items.

Goodness of Fit

A statistical analysis that measures how well observed data match the values expected by a model.

Independence Test

A statistical procedure used to determine whether two or more variables are independent of each other within a population.