The eagerness to show wealth by the purchase and visible ownership of goods is called ________
A) open economy
B) pure capitalism
C) conspicuous consumption
D) manifest marketing
C
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One way of decreasing the standard deviation of the distribution of means in a planned study, thereby increasing power, is to have a larger number of participants. Another would be to:
A) use a more stringent alpha level B) use the sample variance in place of the variance of the population C) change the minimum meaningful difference. D) use a less diverse population
Before Melissa's trip to India, she read a book that said India has four main castes. When she arrived, she asked Veda, an Indian woman, "Which of the four castes does your family belong to?" Veda smiled and corrected Melissa, pointing out that:
a.) it is impolite to say the word "caste." b.) over time, the caste system has evolved into thousands of subcastes. c.) the caste system no longer exists. d.) Melissa should have known Veda's caste based on Veda's dress and language.
By 2050, the elderly will be __________ percent of the U.S. population
A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20
One of the impacts of the "boomerang generation" is that
(a). both parents and children are happy to live together again. (b). If adult children also have youngsters, it makes legal decisions about custody easier. (c). parents are unable to learn to live without children in the home.