A Polling Agency Is Interested in Testing Whether the Proportion

question 60

Multiple Choice

A polling agency is interested in testing whether the proportion of women who support a female candidate for office is greater than the proportion of men. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference in the proportion of men and women who support the female candidate. The alternative hypothesis is that the proportion of women who support the female candidate is greater than the proportion of men. The test results in a p- value of 0.112. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the p- value?

• A)The p- value is the probability of getting a result that is as extreme as or more extreme than the one obtained, assuming that the proportion of women who support the female candidate is greater than the proportion of men.
• B)The p- value is the probability that men will support the female candidate.
• C)The p- value is the probability that women will support the female candidate.
• D)The p- value is the probability of getting a result that is as extreme as or more extreme than the one obtained, assuming that there is no difference in the proportions.

Understand the concepts of differential susceptibility and how individual differences affect development.

Analyze the life-span perspective and its significance for understanding development from conception to death.

Comprehend the concept of multi-directional development and its examples.

Understand the ecological-systems approach and its components as proposed by Bronfenbrenner.

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Definitions:

Grandfather Clauses

Legislative measures that allowed those who could vote before the Civil War, and their descendants, to bypass literacy tests and other obstacles to voting, effectively disenfranchising many African Americans.

Democratic Party

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Fifteenth Amendment

An amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870, that prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

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