Why is a self-selecting sample a biased sample?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


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The author of Acts makes it clear that missionaries like Paul were prosecuted in Roman courts

A. by Roman administrators and Roman citizens afraid that Christianity threatened the empire. B. because of their ignorance of Roman laws as they missionized in the Empire. C. because officials misunderstood them, and malicious enemies made false accusations. D. by Hellenists intent on changing the message of the Church.

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In the article quoted on page 139, which of the following is NOT a reason given by the Roman Catholic Church for its rejection of the ordination of women?

a. apostolic tradition b. contemporary insights into gender roles c. the priesthood is a sacramental representation of the the priesthood of Jesus Christ d. the fear that a change of women's ordination would also lead to a re-conception of the morality of homosexual acts

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Wasserstrom challenges the link between ________

a. Race and class b. Poverty and discrimination c. Qualifications and desert d. All of the above

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In sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe and eighteenth-century North America, challenges to traditional theologies took the form of

a. Atheism. b. Protestantism. c. Humanism. d. Unitarianism.

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