What Are Kanakas

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Multiple Choice

What are kanakas?

• A) Pacific Island laborers who worked on the plantations in Australia
• B) shepherds from Fiji who worked on the sheep farms of New Zealand
• C) people from the Marshall Islands who were harmed by the nuclear tests there
• D) an indigenous ethnic group on Bora Bora
• E) high ranking members of the Maori group

Understand how the significance level (alpha) affects the probability of Type I error and rejection region size in hypothesis testing.

Identify how p-values are used in hypothesis decision making.

Learn the concept of alternative and null hypotheses in statistical tests.

Understand the relationship between significance level, p-value, and statistical significance.

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Definitions:

Accounts Receivable

Money owed by customers to a company for goods or services provided on credit.

Notes Receivable

A customer’s written promise to pay an amount and possibly interest at an agreed-upon rate.

Allowance Method

The method of accounting for uncollectible accounts that provides an expense for uncollectible receivables in advance of their write-off.

Receivables

All money claims against other entities, including people, business firms, and other organizations.