According to Joel Best's article, "Critical Thinking About Statistics," statistics can have a magical control over how we view social problems because
a. we are critical about them.
b. we treat them as true.
c. we are cynical about them.
d. they are numbers that we create.
b
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a. fertility and mortality b. mortality, fecundity and immigration c. mortality, fertility and fecundity d. mortality, fertility and migration
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. They can be corrected. b. The question raised is "How can we fix it?" c. The question raised is "Should this pregnancy continue?"" d. The question raised is "How can we care for the special newborn?" e. Nothing can be done once the disorder is diagnosed.
In the early 1980s, the widespread fear of an AIDS epidemic emerged in the United States. What is this is an example of?
A. a moral panic B. scapegoating C. an attribution error D. ethnic cleansing