Evaluate the following generalization(s), identifying sample, population, attribute of interest, and the extent to which the claims involved are knowable. Consider carefully the size and diversification of the sample and the extent to which the population differs or may differ from the sample; remember, what's important is that the sample be representative.ATLANTA (UPI)-A long-term federal study by the National Centers for Disease Control of 13 million U.S. births shows increases in the rate of eleven different types of birth defects, including a 17.5 percent yearly average increase in patent ductus arteriosus and a 10.8 percent increase for ventricular septal defects, over a fourteen-year period. The study was conducted by the Birth Defects Monitoring Program of the CDC, which collected
its data from hospitals across the country. From 1970 to 1983, over 13 million births were monitored. [An adaptation]
What will be an ideal response?
"Hospitals across the country" is vague, but this is almost certainly a reputable scientific study, and the sample is extremely large. A generalization from these results to the American population as a whole should be sound.
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a. Hinduism b. Judaism c. Mahayana Buddhism d. Shinto e. Theravada Buddhism
For Jains, there are six kinds of ______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Instead of thinking of their religion in mainly historical ways by looking to the past of their religion, Hindus typically look to:
a. knowledge gained from yoga. b. knowledge gained from one’s guru. c. their many scriptural writings. d. the spiritual truths beyond historical events.