Chip used the local yellow pages to compile a random sample of 100 small businesses to take part in his experiment about hiring decisions. He then used a quota matrix containing the variables she felt would most likely influence the decision to hire, and assigned businesses within each matrix cell alternately to the experimental and control groups. What method of assigning subjects to the
experimental and control groups was used?
a. nonprobability sampling
b. probability sampling
c. randomization
d. matching
e. simple random selection
D
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The principles of mass and mandatory education in the United States go back to Thomas Jefferson's belief that education and what go hand in hand?
A) democracy B) religion C) farming D) commerce
The Gesellschaft refers to a: a. traditional society in which social relationships are based on personal bonds of friendship and kinship and on intergenerational stability
b. large, urban society in which social bonds are based on impersonal and specialized relationships, with little long-term commitment to the group or consensus on values. c. traditional society in which social relationships have come to be based on corporate procedures. d. postindustrial social order in which traditionalism has been restored.
What negative outcomes on labor are likely to result from increases in technology?
What will be an ideal response?
Because of their heavy reliance on fossil fuels, developed nations contribute disproportionately to the emission of greenhouse gases, which threaten the environment. For example, even though it holds only 4 percent of the world’s population, the United States is responsible for approximately _____ of the global energy use.
A. one-fifth B. one-third C. one-half D. two-thirds