In actual practice, the usual reason for determining power before conducting a study is to:
A) eliminate the possibility that a mistake may occur
B) ensure that regardless of whether the research hypothesis is true, the experiment will yield a significant result
C) determine the number of participants needed to have a reasonable chance of getting a significant result if the research hypothesis is true
D) recognize the likelihood that the experiment will need to be repeated
C
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Should fertility remain at very low subreplacement levels, countries like Japan face which of the following prospects at some point in the future?
a. steadypopulation aging and rapid population decline b. steady population decline and steady population aging c. rapid population aging and rapid population decline d. rapid population aging and steady population decline
Which of the following is not a premise of symbolic interactionism?
a. We act towards things on the basis of the meaning that we have for them b. Meaning arises from social interaction c. Meanings are modified through an interpretative process d. All of the above
One recent study predicts that by 2040 Mexican immigrants since the 1980s and their descendants will have produced 36 million additional births.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
When the social arrangements and accepted ways of doing things in society disadvantage minority groups, it is known as __________
A) individual discrimination B) blaming the victim C) institutional discrimination D) the feminization of discrimination