Explain why it is more difficult to measure “hate” than weight.
What will be an ideal response?
Hate is a concept rather than a physical attribute; it has to be operationalized before it can be measured.
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Which of the following is true regarding single-parent families?
a. Less than twenty percent of the U.S. families with dependent children are supported by single parents b. Forty percent of single mothers with children under age six are employed outside of the home c. Forty-three percent of Hispanic women live below the poverty level d. African-American women earn about sixty-four percent of what white men earn
Human service professionals working in the field of Child and Family services may do all but which of the following?
a. Child abuse investigations b. Child sexual abuse medical examinations c. Case management and counseling of families in crisis d. Case management and counseling of potential adoptive parents
An investigator who seeks to provide a window of understanding various symbols used in the past, such as the pink and black triangles used by Nazis to designate gay men and women, respectively, is working on what?
A) Nostalgia B) Historical research C) Historiography D) History
When two variables are at the ratio level of measurement, which of the following statements is true about calculating Pearson's r?
a. We can disregard whether the degrees of variance in the two variables are similar. b. The degree of linearity in the scatterplot won't matter. c. The presence of outliers can influence the calculation and interpretation of the correlation coefficient. d. All of these.