The Circle Problem, in Which the Task Is to Determine

question 21

Multiple Choice

The circle problem, in which the task is to determine the length of a line inside a circle, was proposed to illustrate

• A) how analogies can be used to solve problems.
• B) means-end analysis.
• C) representation and restructuring.
• D) the problem space.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information or the parameter in a model.

Number

An arithmetic value that represents a particular quantity and is used in counting and making calculations.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or to a mechanism, minus the number of parameters that constrain these values.

Student t Distribution

A probability distribution that is used to estimate population parameters when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown.