The statistics found in Crime in the United States: Uniform Crime Report are based on
a. all crimes that are committed.
b. only violent crime.
c. only crimes known to the police.
d. all unreported crimes.
(Answer: c)
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The two domains particularly sensitive to equity according to the textbook authors are:
A) household tasks and child care. B) affection and money. C) hours spent at work and money. D) household tasks and affection.
Sometimes a correlation coefficient is used to describe the consistency of a measure or test. One way to assess the consistency of a measure is to use it with the same group of people twice. The correlation between the test scores on the two occasions is
A) correlation matrix. B) test–retest reliability. C) intrarater reliability. D) criterion validity.
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The idea that a society should intervene to remedy conditions affecting its citizens was a new development in the __________.
A. period of social unrest of the 1960s B. period of urban-industrialization of the nineteenth century C. "enlightenment" of the late eighteenth century D. economic depression years of the 1930s