What Is Historical Analysis

question 13

Multiple Choice

What is historical analysis?

• A) When numerical data are available, a trend can be plotted to display changes through time and into the future
• B) A trend is examined to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts
• C) Trends viewed as particularly important in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers
• D) Events are studied to anticipate the outcome of current developments

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Definitions:

Total Number

The complete count or amount of items or units being considered.

Observations

Data points or individual pieces of data collected during an experiment or survey, used for analysis and conclusions.

Sample Means

are the average values calculated from a subset of a population.

Sum of Squares

A statistical measure used in various contexts, representing the sum of the squared differences between each observation and the overall mean.