Imperial Rome's Gladiatorial Shows

question 86

Multiple Choice

Imperial Rome's gladiatorial shows

• A) became increasingly associated with religious practices.
• B) were government-backed spectacles used to content the masses.
• C) were limited to fights between slaves and criminals trained at gladiatorial schools.
• D) paled in popularity to the Circus Maximus.
• E) were outlawed by Augustus as being in violation of his policy of moral reform.

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Estimated Regression Equation

An equation that estimates the relationship between dependent and independent variables in a regression model.

SST

Total Sum of Squares; a measure that quantifies the total variance in the dependent variable that is to be explained by the independent variable(s) in a model.

SSE

Stands for the Sum of Squared Errors, a measure used in statistics to describe the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which the null hypothesis is rejected.