The political climate of the region has been tense as many individuals and groups are polarized onto
the extremes of certain social issues.
Noticing these trends a politician is interested in understanding
the role of race on social ideologies and values. Therefore, a survey is distributed to the politician's
constituents that aims to (1) determine personal opinions on issues, while (2) asking respondents to
identify their race. The surveys are gathered and one statistician is assigned to count the number of
individuals in each racial category. What is the name of this statistic that describes the number of
times each of the values of a variable is observed?
a) Frequency Distribution
b) Range
c) Variance
d) Mean
a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Self-differentiation is a goal of:
a. family systems therapy b. possibility therapy c. premarital therapy d. relational psychoanalysis
Grouping or clustering social policies into policy sectors has positive consequences including:
A) ?people can more clearly identify where to go to seek assistance with a specific problem B) ?the silo effect created by clustering policies facilitates access to multiple services across policy sector boundaries C) ?all of the above D) ?none of the above
A negative reinforcer is best described as which of the following:
A) A spanking that is aversive and stops a negative behavior. B) Something that is avoided or one escapes from in order to increase the likelihood that the behavior will occur. C) Involves taking away a chip or a token when a behavior is performed. D) None of the above