In a Lifetime,an Average American Citizen Will Consume __________ Pounds

question 36

Multiple Choice

In a lifetime,an average American citizen will consume __________ pounds of mineral and fuel resources.

• A) 3.5 million
• B) 450,000
• C) 55,000
• D) 6,500

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Definitions:

Type I Error

Error that occurs when the null hypothesis is true but the decision is made to reject the null hypothesis.

Probability

Likelihood of occurrence of a particular outcome of an event given all possible outcomes.

Familywise Error

The probability of making one or more false discoveries, or type I errors, when performing multiple hypotheses tests.

Scheffé Test

Statistical procedure used to control familywise error when conducting all possible simple and complex comparisons in a set of data.