trendThe overall way a set of numbers changes over time or across groups, such as rising, falling, or staying flat.
You’ll leave with these skills
01Find the data that back up a conclusionCheck that the choice is true in the figure and matches the conclusion’s groups, measure, direction, and any claimed size of difference.
02Back up a claim that a treatment made a differencePick the choice that sets the results with the treatment next to the results without it.
03Find data that cover both parts of a two-part conclusionSplit the conclusion at the word “but,” “while,” or “except,” and pick the choice with data for both halves.
04Spot the data that break what a hypothesis predictsSay what result the hypothesis predicts, then pick the data that don’t show that result.
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