When researchers studied the weights of Miss America pageant winners from 1922 to 1999, they found that the weights of pageant winners ______.
A. fluctuated from year to year
B. had increased over time
C. had decreased over time
D. had increased until about 1960 and then started to decrease
C. had decreased over time
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According to Cohen's effect size conventions for mean differences, the following represent small, medium, and large effects, respectively:
A) .5, .8, 1.0 B) .4, .75, .90 C) .2, .3, .5 D) .2, .5, .8
________ is the quality of having the cultural characteristics of both males and females
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Joel Best’s main point in Damned Lies and Statistics is that we need to assume that every statistic we read is false because statistics are so manipulated. 2. The article Damned Lies and Statistics shows the statistic “between 1950 and 1994, the number of children gunned down has doubled,” to be a good statistic. 3. A “mutant” statistic is a statistic that someone has distorted from its original figure.
A common tactic used in advertising involves posing an attractive female model next to, leaning against, or holding a product. These women usually say nothing, but are simply there as an attractive background for the product. This use of women in advertising is an example of ______.
A. objectification B. personal sexism C. matriarchy D. sexual harassment