What Is the Average Temperature of the Surface of the Sun

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Multiple Choice

What is the average temperature of the surface of the Sun?

• A) 6000°C
• B) 1000°C
• C) 100°C
• D) 40,000°C

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Definitions:

Significance Level

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis, usually denoted as alpha (α).

Chi-squared Test

An analytical tool designed to assess if the observed frequencies differ significantly from those that were expected in one or more categories.

Normal Distribution

The distribution exhibits a symmetrical pattern centered on the mean, demonstrating the more common appearance of close-to-mean data than those at a distance.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of values in a study that are free to vary when statistics, like variance, are being calculated, influencing the shape of various distributions.