The advantage of the Human Development Index (HDI) over the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is that it (HDI) focuses more on ______
a. composite economic indicators
b. composite assets
c. composite of life expectancy and literacy
d. composite of morbidity and mortality
c. composite of life expectancy and literacy
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According to Judith Stacey, 40-50 percent of households in the United States conform to the modern family form
a. true b. false
To ensure that all your participants have an equal opportunity to be in either experimental group (one receives a drug, the other group receives a placebo), you decide to toss a coin to determine who gets placed in which group. You have engaged in _______
a. selective participation b. random sampling c. random assignment d. random participation e. matching
According to exchange theory, we choose a mate who:
a. has characteristics that are opposite from our own characteristics b. who reminds us of our other-sex parent c. who will best take care of our offspring d. who offers the greatest rewards at the lowest cost
Which of the following is a structural reason for why girls are less likely than boys to attend school in low-income countries?
a. Patriarchal values b. A lack of schools that are large enough c. Laws forbidding girls to attend school d. Girls not wishing to attend school