According to the Advertisements in Popular Magazines at the Time

question 29

Multiple Choice

According to the advertisements in popular magazines at the time, the ideal woman of the mid-1950s was

• A) educated and single.
• B) career oriented.
• C) able to juggle home and career.
• D) an equal partner with her husband.
• E) a white suburban housewife.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement that there is no difference or effect, typically to be tested against an alternative hypothesis proposing a difference or effect.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true; a threshold chosen by the researcher to indicate the level of evidence needed to reject the null hypothesis.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to compare three or more independent samples to determine if they originate from the same distribution.

P-value

The probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.