Polygyny Is Defined As

question 9

Multiple Choice

Polygyny is defined as:

• A)one man married to one woman
• B) the expectation for a newly married couple to live with the man's parents
• C)one's lineage and patterns of descent being passed down on the father's side
• D)one man married to multiple women
• E)power and authority are vested in men

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Definitions:

F-distribution

A probability distribution used in analysis of variance (ANOVA), depicting ratios of variances to assess the significance of group differences.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric method for testing whether samples originate from the same distribution, used when the assumptions of the ANOVA are not met.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of a statistical distribution that is used to determine the boundary for rejecting the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

One-sample T-test

A statistical test used to compare the mean of a single sample to a known average or standard value.