You have an aquarium full of tropical salt-water fish and you need to know the exact salt content of the water. To test it, you fill a cup with water from the aquarium. In statistical language, the cup of water is a

A) population.
B) parameter.
C) sample.
D) population distribution.


Answer: C

Sociology

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If TV viewing initially decreases with age, but then after age 40 reverses itself, this

correlation would be an example of: a. A positive relationship b. A negative relationship c. A curvilinear relationship d. Cannot tell from the above information.

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The growth of satellite cities was typical of which of the following periods?

a. the period between the two World Wars b. the first decade of the twentieth century c. the late nineteenth century d. the early 1960s

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Identify the three points of crisis of mod¬ern capitalist society.

What will be an ideal response?

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