How can descriptive statistics be defined?
a) describing elements of a distribution
b) relating the data to a larger population
c) developing a research question
d) identical to inferential statistics
a
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Ratner uses the 1992 World Bank Guidelines on the Treatment of Foreign Direct Investment as an example of what?
a. a hard international law that would bring formal sanctions against those who fail to comply b. a soft law that states have used to guide their behavior without fearing a violation if they fail to comply c. a hard law that states have chosen to follow even though there is no fear of violation if they fail to comply d. a nonbinding regulation that states follow for fear of retaliation by the international financial community if they fail to comply e. a soft law that has failed to obtain the compliance of many states despite the belief that full compliance would result in benefit for all
If the United States wanted to begin promoting democracy in a country controlled by a dictator who was denying its citizens human rights, which of the following would likely be the first step an internationalist U.S. president would take?
a. stockpile additional nuclear weapons in case the dictator became powerful enough to be a threat to the United States b. engage in a military conflict to oust the dictator and help the people establish democracy c. request that the dictator meet with the secretary of state to explore common trade interests between that country and the United States d. extend diplomatic immunity to any citizen who could manage to leave the country and come to the United States
According to the National Park Service estimate (from the "By the Numbers" feature), what was the crowd size at the Million Man March?
a. 2,000,000 b. 1,500,000 c. 100,000 d. 400,000
Which of the following individuals wrote this about Americans propensity for joining groups: "Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of disposition, are forever forming associations."
a. George Washington b. Alexander Hamilton c. Thomas Jefferson d. Robert Dahl e. Alexis de Tocqueville