According to Stanley Lieberson's Research on the Unequal Levels of Success

question 71

Multiple Choice

According to Stanley Lieberson's research on the unequal levels of success different immigrant groups have attained in the United States, one primary factor contributing to the group's success is:

• A) The aspirations of group members to get an education
• B) The motivations of group members to get a job
• C) The language skills of the group
• D) Whether the groups were voluntary or involuntary immigrants

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Definitions:

Z-Test

A statistical method for assessing if there is a significant difference between the means of two populations when variances are known and the sample sizes are large.

Chi-Squared Test

A statistical method employed to assess if the observed frequencies significantly differ from the expected frequencies across one or more categories.

Nominal Data

A type of categorical data for which the categories do not have a natural order or ranking.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it depends on the chosen significance level.