A Troubling Economic Problem in the 1920s Was the Depressed

question 35

Multiple Choice

A troubling economic problem in the 1920s was the depressed state of agriculture caused by

• A) virulent new strains of disease.
• B) the success of several new communist regimes.
• C) overproduction and falling prices.
• D) the collapse of the cotton market in the southern United States.
• E) dangerous underproduction.

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Definitions:

Type II Error

The error made by failing to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a "false negative."

Type I Error

The mistaken dismissal of an accurate null hypothesis, frequently referred to as a false positive.

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the strength of a phenomenon, used to indicate the magnitude of a difference or relationship within the context of a statistical analysis.

T-Tests

Statistical tests used to compare the means of two groups to see if there is a significant difference between them.