Which of the following is an example of de jure discrimination?
a. Jim Crow laws
b. the tendency for churches to be racially homogeneous
c. the small number of African American senators
d. Title IX legislation
Answer: a
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Nonnormality is sometimes overcome through variable transformation. 2. When problems of nonnormality cannot be resolved adequately, analysts should consider nonparametric alternatives to the t-test. 3. Analysts should always examine the robustness of their findings. 4. All t-tests first test for equality of means and then test for equality of variances. 5. The paired samples t-test tests the null hypothesis that the mean difference between the before and after test scores is zero.
In thinking about trends in popular trust of government, it is important to consider that
A. levels of trust may have been abnormally high in the 1950s. B. little was expected of government in the 1990s. C. polling techniques were not perfected until the 1970s. D. few Americans understand government or pay attention to it. E. people are more trusting of other institutions today.
Recidivism refers to
a. committing a crime after already being convicted of a crime. b. the rehabilitation rate for repeat offenders. c. New York City's attempt to cut down on petty crime. d. The process of convicting criminals.
The results of the 1984 presidential election show that the outcome of American elections is mixed
Indicate whether the statement is true or false