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natalie2426

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on: Jul 13, 2018
What does the central limit theorem enable researchers to do?
 
  a) compare means from two independent samples
  b) generalize the results from a sample to a population without knowing the exact nature of the population's distribution
  c) compute the significance of a relationship between two variables
  d) reduce the possibility that chance accounts for variability in the variable of interest

Question 2

When computing the standard deviation, what does it mean when the sum of the deviation
   about the mean is NOT 0?
 
  a) The data set has a great amount of variability.
  b) The data set has at least one extreme score.
  c) The data is too small.
  d) The mean of the data set was computed incorrectly.


mathjasmine

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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d


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