A Survey Administered to a Sample Drawn from a Local

question 41

Multiple Choice

A survey administered to a sample drawn from a local community finds that a person's political party affiliation is related to whether or not they favor an increase in local sales tax (the headline of a newspaper story based on this poll reads: "Republicans support proposed tax increase") .This is an example of the use of

• A)univariate descriptive statistics.
• B)inferential statistics.
• C)multivariate descriptive statistics.
• D)reductionist statistics.

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Definitions:

Negligence

The failure to take reasonable care or steps to prevent loss or injury to another party, resulting in harm or damage.

Four Ds of Negligence

A legal concept involving duty, dereliction of duty, direct causation, and damages, used to establish the liability in a negligence case.

Damages

Money paid as compensation for violating legal rights.