A Photon Is Emitted by an Atom When One of the Atom's

question 38

Multiple Choice

A photon is emitted by an atom when one of the atom's electrons

• A) leaves the atom.
• B) collides with another of its electrons.
• C) shifts to a lower energy level.
• D) shifts to a higher energy level.

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Bootstrapping

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A method for estimating the standard error of a statistic by resampling with replacement from the original data.

Bootstrap Distribution

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