The income of a sample has been measured in dollars per year. Which of the following would be the preferred measure of the dispersion for this variable?
a. The index of qualitative variation
b. The average deviation
c. The quartile deviation
d. The standard deviation
ANSWER: d
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a. The change from the belief that criminals are victims of their environment to the belief that they are evil. b. The change of the view that alcoholics are simply people with problems to the belief that they are simply sinners. c. The change of the view that alcoholics are sinners to the belief that they have a disease. d. The change of the view that homosexuality is an alternate lifestyle to the belief that they are sinners.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. global perspective