Supporting Material That Explains the Unfamiliar by Comparing It to the Familiar

question 52

Multiple Choice

Supporting material that explains the unfamiliar by comparing it to the familiar is called a(n)

• A) example.
• B) story.
• C) statistic.
• D) analogy.

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Definitions:

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the observed results, assuming that the null hypothesis is correct.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations for a phenomenon, set forth as a starting point for further investigation or experimentation.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution characterized by its mean and standard deviation, where the mean, median, and mode are all equal.

Normally Distributed

Refers to a distribution that follows the normal (bell-curve) shape, characterized by a symmetric shape around the mean, indicating random variables with equal mean, median, and mode.