Which of the Following Statements About Trust and Confidence Among

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about trust and confidence among Americans is the most accurate?

• A) Young Americans show a stronger degree of trust in their fellow countrymen than any generation since the 1950s.
• B) The current level of political cynicism in the United States is unique among industrialized nations.
• C) In the 1980s and 1990s, American trust in government returned to its pre-1960s levels.
• D) Declines in trust and confidence in government seem to have contributed to a decline in volunteerism.
• E) While Americans have lost confidence in the Supreme Court and the presidency, their confidence in Congress has remained strong.

---

Definitions:

Spearman Rank

An assessment of rank correlation that doesn't rely on parametric assumptions, used to evaluate how effectively a monotonic function can represent the association between two variables.

Ordinal-Level

Refers to a level of measurement where data can be ordered or ranked, but the distances between ranks are not necessarily equal.

Point Biserial

A correlation coefficient used to measure the relationship between a binary variable and a continuous variable.

Nominal-Level

Classification of data, for which the measurement scales are categorized without any order or ranking implied among the values.