Schuman and Scott Found That When They Asked People to Name

question 11

Multiple Choice

Schuman and Scott found that when they asked people to name the most important world events of the last half century,most recalled

• A)tragedies like war and assassinations.
• B)achievements like peace accords and moon landings.
• C)recent rather than long-ago news events.
• D)events from their teens and early adulthood.

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Definitions:

Population Means

The average values derived from the entirety of a given population, representing a central tendency.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly of the mean; it measures how precisely the mean of the sample estimates the population mean.

Point Estimate

A single value or statistic that serves as the best guess or most likely value for a population parameter based on sample data.

Population Means

The average or mean value of a particular characteristic of all individuals in a population.