Measures of association are a type of descriptive statistics that allow us to
a. investigate the causal influence of some variables on others
b. predict the score on one variable from the score on another
c. know the strength and direction of a relationship between two or more variables
d. all of the above
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
One major reason for fraudulent activities in the insurance industry that was not present in the banking industry was
a) the involvement of organized deviance. b) even more inadequate government regulation. c) even more criminal participation in managing the companies. d) the unsettled nature of the insurance industry.
Walt Rostow, economic advisor to U.S. President Kennedy and proponent of modernization theory, identified __________ as one of the largest barriers to development in low-income nations
a. traditional cultural values b. degree of ethnocentrism c. nontraditional cultural norms d. level of cultural relativism
The ideology behind a socialist system focuses on
A. wealth and prosperity. B. high taxes. C. individual achievement. D. the collective good.