With Ever More Powerful Explanatory Theories, Social Scientists Are Seeking

question 30

Multiple Choice

With ever more powerful explanatory theories, social scientists are seeking explanations that fulfill the standards that all scientific theories strive to meet. Specifically large explanatory social science theories strive to be: Consistent, Testable, Comprehensive, Parsimonious, and ________________.

• A) Affordable
• B) Balanced
• C) Heuristic
• D) Productive
• E) Idealistic

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Definitions:

Returns

Returns denote the profit or loss derived from an investment over a certain period, expressed as a percentage of the investment's initial cost.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability in a dataset, often used in finance to quantify the risk of an investment.

Normally Distributed

A statistical term describing a distribution of data where most of the observations cluster around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Annual Return

The percentage change in the value of an investment over a one-year period, including dividends, interest, and capital gains.