The statement "People who live in poverty have shorter life expectancies than wealthier citizens" is an example of
A. an independent variable.
B. a hypothesis.
C. a dependent variable.
D. the Hawthorne effect.
Answer: B
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A. Most countries exert control from the top down, as opposed to the localized system that exists in the United States. B. Most countries tend to be inclusive and undifferentiated, whereas most students in the United States are placed in different streams or tracks. C. Teachers in most countries are paid more than they are in the United States. D. Most countries' school systems are more complicated than the school system in the United States.
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In most European countries, the population growth rate is __________
A) very high (very rapid growth) B) somewhat high (moderate to somewhat rapid growth) C) fairly stable (little growth) D) negative (shrinking populations)
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)