Deviance Can Be Defined as ______

question 26

Multiple Choice

Deviance can be defined as ______.

• A) an action that always starts with malicious intent
• B) an action, belief, or human characteristic that violates group norms
• C) an act that is the same everywhere across the globe
• D) an act that does not vary across time from one era to another

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Definitions:

Sample Proportion

The fraction of individuals in a sample with a particular characteristic or trait.

Large-Sample Method

Statistical techniques that assume the sample size is large enough to rely on the normal distribution as an approximation for the distribution of sample statistics.

Relative Risk

A measure in epidemiology that compares the risk of a certain event occurring in one group versus another.

Appropriate Values

Values that are considered suitable or fitting for a specific context or calculations.