The third stage of the demographic transition is characterized by a slowing of population growth. What is the crucial factor in a nation reaching stage three?
a. industrial technology taking hold on local levels
b. the government instituting a national birth control program
c. abortions becoming available on demand
d. the nation's death rate rises
a
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A new sort of ________ is emerging online: communities developing around common interests or shared identities.
A. identity cell B. tribalism C. online nest D. interactive niche
A hospital advertises a heart procedure that allows patients to return to work in two weeks instead of the standard six weeks following surgery. This use of numerical indicators to allow patients to evaluate the speediest recovery time represents which dimension of McDonaldization?
a. efficiency b. quantification and calculation c. predictability d. control
The statistical computations typically used by social scientists assume
a. simple random sampling. b. systematic sampling. c. cluster sampling. d. stratified sampling. e. any one of these choices is assumed.