Syntactic Bootstrapping Is

question 73

Multiple Choice

Syntactic bootstrapping is

• A) learning to form sentences by combining simple phrases.
• B) learning to use new words by listening to the conversations of others.
• C) using knowledge of how words combine into phrases, clauses, and sentences to distinguish the meanings of unfamiliar words.
• D) forming sentences with the help of parents and other adults.

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Definitions:

Sign Test

A nonparametric test used to determine if there is a difference between matched or paired observations.

Distribution

Refers to the way in which data points are spread out across the range of possible values in a dataset.

Test Statistic

A computed value used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing.

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct.