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question 28

Multiple Choice

You are at a basketball game and the arena is packed; the crowd is evenly split between fans of the two teams. At one point, the referee makes a call. Half of the fans yell insults; the other half of the fans shout their approval. The event reminds you of the topic of today's lecture in psychology class. What was the likely topic of the lecture?

• A) bias
• B) experiments
• C) psychoanalysis
• D) extraneous variables

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Definitions:

Total Variation

Total variation quantifies the extent to which a function varies across its domain, often used in mathematical analysis and signal processing.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment, this is the variable anticipated to vary as a result of alterations made to the independent variable.

Explained Variation

The portion of the total variation in a dataset that is accounted for by the model's predictors.

Unexplained Variation

The part of the total variation in a data set that cannot be attributed to the variables considered in a study.