A Researcher Wants to Know What the Average Variation Is

question 54

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to know what the average variation is in altimeters of small, privately owned airplanes. The task of determining this is expensive and time consuming, if even possible, given the large number of such airplanes. The researcher decides to use government records to randomly locate the owners of ten such planes and then get permission to test the altimeters. When the researcher is done, he will use the data gathered from the group of ten to reach conclusions about all small, privately owned airplanes. This process can best be described as ___.

• A) data statistics
• B) research statistics
• C) descriptive statistics
• D) inferential statistics
• E) summary statiistics

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Definitions:

Axon Terminals

The distal terminations of axons, specialized for the release of neurotransmitters to communicate with other neurons or muscles.

Axon Tips

The distal extremities of an axon, which play a key role in transmitting signals to other neurons or muscle cells.

Synapses

The junctions through which neurons send and receive signals from each other or to and from other types of cells.

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions of neurons that receive signals from other nerve cells and transmit them to the cell body.