A Multicultural Perspective Is Recognized as Increasingly Important to Research

question 34

Multiple Choice

A multicultural perspective is recognized as increasingly important to research in social psychology because .

• A)cultural factors such as race or ethnicity help determine self-identity
• B)some cultural factors may be important,but these factors have not yet been identified
• C)cultural factors are only important in some areas of research,such as research dealing with facial recognition
• D)cultural factors have a weak influence on social behavior
• E)cultural factors are relatively unimportant in a heterogeneous society

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Definitions:

Small Sample

A subset of a population used in statistical analysis that is considered to be too small to reliably indicate properties of the population.

Permutation Test

A type of non-parametric statistical significance test that involves rearranging the observations among the groups and calculating the difference in outcomes under various permutations.

Matched-Pairs Designs

An experimental design in which each subject is paired with another subject based on certain criteria, and each pair is treated differently to compare outcomes.

Bootstrap Intervals

A technique in statistics to estimate the sampling distribution of an estimator by resampling with replacement from the original data, used to approximate confidence intervals.