Define Gender Parity Index (GPI) and discuss the meaning of three different GPIs: 1.0, .82, and 1.20.
What will be an ideal response?
The GPI or Gender Parity Index is the assessment of the extent to which educational attainment is equal for boys and girls. It is calculated as a ratio of the value for females to that of males. A GPI of 1.0 suggests that there is parity between the sexes. A number lower than 1.0 indicates parity in favor of boys, and a number higher than 1.0 indicates parity in favor of girls.
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A. some premium gasoline B. soil near streets with heavy traffic C. the air D. paint that is sold today
Nine-year-old Sarah died from cancer. Her teacher and her classmates made black armbands to wear for a month following her death. Due to the fact that in Sarah's culture, the wearing of black is common following a death, wearing the armbands best illustrates the concept of
a. bargaining. b. depression. c. grief. d. mourning.
Discuss David Chalmers's approach to consciousness and identify the problems associated with it
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A researcher determines that the crime rate in a large city is related to the phases of the moon. She concludes that the gravitational pull of the moon influences human behavior. She does not understand
a. the dangers of a single example. b. the difference between observation and inference. c. the difference between correlation and causation. d. that the Barnum effect occurs only in ten-year cycles.