Many Sociologists Believed That Secularization Was Well Underway in Canada

question 107

Multiple Choice

Many sociologists believed that secularization was well underway in Canada but then modified their stance somewhat in the 1990s. What caused this change of mind?

• A) The evidence suggested strongly that religion was already dead.
• B) The evidence suggested that people were quite involved in religion.
• C) In most parts of Canada, religious beliefs were in serious decline.
• D) Survey evidence demonstrated that more people than ever believed in God.

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Definitions:

Small Samples

Refers to a sample size that is considered too small to reliably represent the population from which it is drawn.

Normal Approximation

A method used to approximate the distribution of sample statistics to a normal distribution, particularly useful for large sample sizes.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that suggests there is an effect or difference, in contrast to the null hypothesis.

P-Value

The probability of observing a test statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.