The Physical Unit That Measures Sound Amplitude Is Known as the ______

question 29

Multiple Choice

The physical unit that measures sound amplitude is known as the ______.

• A)decibel
• B)hertz
• C)gelb
• D)ampere

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Definitions:

Deviations Squared

The squares of the differences between individual data points and the mean of those points, used in calculating variance.

Mean

A statistical measure that demonstrates the central or typical value in a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of data points in a dataset relative to its mean.

Sum Squared Deviations

The sum of the squares of each data point's deviation from the mean, a measure used in statistics to quantify variability within a data set.