a rational number is a number that is expressed as the ratio of two integers, where the denominator should not be equal to zero, whereas an irrational number cannot be expressed in the form of fractions
√36 = rational — the answer to this is 6 and it is a whole number
-√12 = -3.46410161514... — it is repeating without an order so irrational
The test statistic <span>is
a value used in making a decision about the null hypothesis and is
found by converting the sample statistic to a score with the assumption
that the null hypothesis is true.
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