A local newspaper reports that young women in your town (i.e., a known population) sleep an average of only 5 hours per night. However, you think that women in your town who are enrolled at your college sleep more than that
You randomly select 200 women from your college and ask them to accurately record their hours of sleep. You find that they sleep an average of 7 hours per night. What test would you use to determine whether this mean difference is statistically meaningful?
A) ANOVA
B) t test for dependent means
C) t test for a single sample
D) regression
C
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If Gerard regularly spends time in both his home in Canada and his home in Sri Lanka, he would be considered a(n) ______.
A. migrant B. immigrant C. transmigrant D. alien
According to Marx, the beliefs of the common people tend to support the interests of the capitalist system, not the workers themselves. This is because a. workers do not understand how capitalism works
b. workers expect to be wealthy on day. c. the capitalist class controls the production of ideas. d. all of these are true
The vast majority of parents in the United States do not spank or slap their children.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
At a meeting of the American Association of Knitting Enthusiasts, five people are elected to a committee to create a mission statement. Devin spends the entire committee meeting looking at her cell phone and texting and contributes nothing to the work. She is sure the other four will get the work done fine without her. Devin's behavior is most likely the result of
a. social facilitation.
b. social loafing.
c. in-group bias.
d. deindividuation