Which of the Following Is the Source of Most Technological

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the source of most technological progress?

• A)private research by firms and individual inventors
• B)private research by firms and government
• C)government research
• D)government-sponsored research by universities

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Definitions:

Expected Frequency

In statistics, the frequency expected in a category of a contingency table under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Chi-Square

A statistical test that measures the difference between observed and expected frequencies in categorical data.

Row Variable

In the context of a data table or matrix, it refers to the variable represented by the rows, often used in cross-tabulation to compare against another variable.

Column Variable

A variable represented by a column in a dataset, where each entry in the column represents a value of the variable.