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rayancarla1

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A researcher studying malnutrition among children in a developing country collected weights of a random sample of children using a scale that she had set to give weights 2.5 kilograms less than the actual weight. Which statement best describes this situation?
 
  A) Measurement error has not occurred, but the researcher is guilty of unethical statistical practice.
  B) Measurement error has not occurred, and the researcher is not guilty of unethical statistical practice.
  C) Measurement error has occurred, and the researcher is guilty of unethical statistical practice.
  D) Measurement error has occurred, but the researcher is not guilty of unethical statistical practice.

Question 2

The probability of a sample point is usually taken to be the relative frequency of the occurrence of the sample point in a very long series of repetitions of the experiment.
 
  A) True B) False



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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