Nicole Smoked Marijuana While She Was Pregnant,As a Result,her Son,who

question 17

Multiple Choice

Nicole smoked marijuana while she was pregnant,As a result,her son,who is now 14 years old,is

• A)likely to be taller than other teens his age.
• B)more likely to start smoking marijuana.
• C)less likely to use other recreational drugs.
• D)less likely to start smoking marijuana.

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Definitions:

Non-directional

A hypothesis that does not specify a direction of difference or association between two variables.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, indicating how much the sample mean is expected to vary from the true population mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the count of values, and used as a measure of central tendency.

Z-statistic

A type of standard score that represents the distance in standard deviations a data point is from the mean, used in significance testing.