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james9437

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What is a statistical association?
 
  A) It is a relationship between two variables that is unlikely to be due to chance.
  B) It is a relationship between two variables that may be meaningful, but that may equally well be due to chance.
  C) It is a chance association between two variables.
  D) It is an organization devoted to the documentation of numerical information from different societies.

Question 2

How is a law defined in the physical sciences?
 
  A) It is a relationship between variables whose existence is suggested by repeated observation.
  B) It is a narrative statement.
  C) It is a statement about how things ought to be if we are right in our theories.
  D) It is a detailed explanation about why things occur the way they do.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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