In the box, Olympism and the Olympic Games, the author endorses the elimination of national medal counts because such counts tend to
A. intensify nationalism and political differences between countries.
B. focus too much on the achievements of individual athletes.
C. encourage large nations to boycott the Olympics.
D. provide corporations with marketing advantages.
Answer: A
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A) cult| B) sect C) denomination D) church E) clique
A bivariate table shows the association between gender and whether or not a person ever attends formal religious services. Lambda was .34. What may be concluded?
a. Women are more likely to attend church. b. Men are more likely to attend church. c. Knowing a person's gender improves our ability to predict whether or not they attend religious services by 34%. d. Knowing whether a person attends religious services improves our ability to predict their gender by 34%.
Which of the following statements about the percentage of children living in single parent families is true:
A) over the last 60 years it has increased the most among families where the parents have low levels of educations. B) over the last 60 years it has increased the most among families where the parents have college educations. C) after it increased between 1950 and 1980, it leveled off in the 1980s and 1990s and has decreased in the 2000s. D) it is lower now than it has been in the last 60 years.
On record, the hottest year on earth took place during the year __________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).