What Is the Ultimate Fate of an Open Star Cluster

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Multiple Choice

What is the ultimate fate of an open star cluster?

• A) The shape of the cluster will remain more or less as it is at the present time as the stars in it age and die.
• B) The stars in the cluster escape one by one until the cluster no longer exists.
• C) Over time the stars collide and merge, eventually creating a black hole.
• D) The stars gradually sink toward the center, creating a globular cluster.

Distinguish between sales promotion tools and their respective roles in promotional strategies.

Understand the mechanism and effectiveness of sales tests.

Identify and understand the costs associated with coupon-based promotions.

Differentiate between contests, sweepstakes, deals, and other promotional tools in terms of consumer engagement and marketing objectives.

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Definitions:

Population Means

The average value of a particular characteristic for an entire population.

One-tail Area

Refers to the area under the probability distribution curve to either the left or right of a specified value, used in hypothesis testing to assess one-sided significance.

Equal-variances Test

A statistical procedure used to assess whether the variances of two populations are equal, as assumed by certain parametric tests.

Unequal Variances

A situation in statistical analyses where two or more groups have significantly different variances, impacting the assumptions of certain tests.