Statistics Designed to Help One Draw Conclusions from a Set

question 47

Multiple Choice

Statistics designed to help one draw conclusions from a set of data are referred to as

• A) descriptive statistics.
• B) frequency statistics.
• C) nonparametric statistics.
• D) inferential statistics.

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Definitions:

Homework

Assignments given to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class aimed at reinforcing learning.

Double-blind Studies

Research designs in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, reducing biases.

Placebo Effect

The phenomenon in which a person's condition appears to improve after taking a placebo, a treatment that has no therapeutic effect, due to the individual's belief in the treatment's efficacy.

Experimenter Effect

A phenomenon where the biases or expectations of the experimenter inadvertently influence the outcome of an experiment.