When a researcher wants to report the average cost of college tuition from the 1950s until present time, he or she enlists ______ statistics.

A. prescriptive
B. descriptive
C. inferential
D. historical


Answer: B

Sociology

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The research hypothesis for the ANOVA test is

a. ?1 < ?2 < ?3 < ... < ?N. b. that at least one population mean is different. c. SST = SSB = SSW. d. that at least one of the sums of squares is different.

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Discuss Weber's explanation of why capitalism thrived in Protestant countries but was rejected in countries dominated by Roman Catholics

What will be an ideal response?

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29. In a study by Sniderman and Piazza (1993) a group of people who were all white, were asked survey questions about whether they thought the government should guarantee equal rights for women and for blacks. They found

a. That conservatives showed a double standard, being more supportive of equal rights for women than for blacks b. That liberals were supportive of equal rights for both women and for blacks c. That both conservatives and liberals showed a double standard, being more supportive of equal rights for women than for blacks d. That conservatives and liberals supported equal rights for both women and blacks

Sociology

Living apart together (LAT) is an arrangement that is applicable exclusively to unmarried couples

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology