Why are more and more people choosing to cohabit? What are the advantages and disadvantages of cohabitation compared to marriage?

What does current research tell us about the outcomes of children raised in homes with two married parents, compared to those raised in cohabiting families?


More people are choosing to cohabit because it is more cost effective. There are many people who do this in order to save money with their partner since the price of rent is so high. The disadvantage to cohabitating is that they are less likely to stay together or get married than couples who wait to move in together until they are married.

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Julia was furious when the school district instituted a new dress code. Her mother encouraged

her to write a composition from her own viewpoint that might convince the school board to change the policy. That type of writing could best be classified as a: a) simulated journal b) persuasive essay c) learning log d) multigenre project

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Calculate the 95% confidence interval for a sample of N = 21 with a mean = 73.51 and standard deviation (s) = 13.62.

a. 95% CI = 73.51 ± 6.20 b. 95% CI = 73.51 ± 5.12 c. 95% CI = 73.51 ± 8.45 d. 95% CI = 73.51 ± 5.06

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The major means of control in single-subject experimental designs is

a. randomization. c. statistical control. b. replication. d. None of these are true.

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U.S. students, across all achievement groups, do not fare as well in mathematics when compared with students in other countries. To what reason is this attributed?

A. In other societies, parents regard education as their responsibility. In the U.S., parents relinquish this responsibility to the schools. B. In other countries, mathematics is taught with a greater emphasis on rote facts with plenty of drill and practice. In the U.S., the emphasis is on conceptual problem solving. C. Mathematics instruction is in a continuous state of change. School districts modify the curriculum every few years without using research as a basis for their decisions. D. Students' mathematic performance in the U.S. is related to the way mathematics is taught.

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