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luvbio

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If a statistic is consistently larger than the parameter it estimates, then the statistic is a(n) _____
  estimator.
 
  a. unbiased
  b. consistent
  c. inconsistent
   d. biased

Question 2

The concept of degrees of freedom refers to the _____ .
 
  a. number of scores plus one used to calculate the sample standard deviation for the
  one-sample t test
  b. number of scores minus one used to calculate the population standard deviation for a
  t test
  c. variation in critical values of t with differences in sample size
   d. number of scores that are free to vary when calculating a statistic



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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luvbio

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
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