As Outsiders Came in to Exploit the Natural Resources of Latin

question 18

Multiple Choice

As outsiders came in to exploit the natural resources of Latin America,the result was most often

• A) improvements in the local infrastructure.
• B) enough profits for all to benefit.
• C) profits for the foreign investors and hardly anyone else.
• D) rebellions in local areas.
• E) investment from outside interests that put foreigners in control.

---

Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another parameter or the dimensionality of a statistical calculation.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test used to determine the p-value or to compare against a critical value to accept or reject a null hypothesis.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations or predictions, typically stated in a testable form, that can be examined through experimentation or observation.

Sample Mean

The average value computed from a subset (sample) of a population, used to estimate the population's mean.