The General Process of Gathering, Organizing, Summarizing, Analyzing, and Interpreting

question 17

Multiple Choice

The general process of gathering, organizing, summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data is called ____________.

• A) Statistics
• B) Descriptive statistics
• C) Inferential statistics
• D) Levels of measurement

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Definitions:

Genetic Characteristics

Attributes, traits, or disorders determined by genes inherited from an individual's parents.

Population Distribution

The spread of different characteristics, such as age or income, among the individuals in a population.

Level Of Significance

A threshold used in statistical hypothesis testing to determine if the null hypothesis can be rejected, commonly denoted as alpha.

Loaded Die

A die that has been tampered with to land on specific numbers more frequently than a fair die.