Which of the Following Is Not a Common Cause and Effect

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a common cause and effect related to dust?

• A) Swirling dust reduces visibility and causes highway accidents.
• B) Vegetated land is changed to barren desert by windstorms.
• C) Topsoil loses its nutrients and agriculture becomes less productive in a given area.
• D) Cities experience hazy skies, even thousands of kilometers from dust storms.

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Definitions:

Random sample

A subset of individuals chosen from a larger set where each member has an equal chance of being selected.

Population proportion

The proportion of a specific group or characteristic within a defined population.

Margin of error

An indicator of the precision of an estimate, representing the range within which the true population parameter is expected to lie with a certain confidence level.

Confidence interval

A reach of numerical outputs, from sampling statistics, with the potential to cover the hidden value of a population parameter.