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Sarah Admits That She Behaves in Completely Different Ways Depending

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Sarah admits that she behaves in completely different ways depending on whether she is at school, on a date, with her family, or with her close friends. Using research cited in the textbook, how would you describe Sarah's incongruent behaviors?


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Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used in constructing confidence intervals around a sample statistic to estimate the population parameter.

Test Statistic

A metric deduced from a sample's data in the process of hypothesis testing, which aids in determining the rejection of the null hypothesis.

P-value

The probability of observing a statistic at least as extreme as the one observed if the null hypothesis is true.

Upper Tailed Test

A hypothesis test where the critical area, in which the null hypothesis is rejected, is located in the upper tail of the probability distribution.

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