In the Computer Simulation of the Westgate Neighborhood Referred to in Your

question 20

Multiple Choice

In the computer simulation of the Westgate neighborhood referred to in your text,the residents of the community initially had a variety of opinions about the council.The result of the computer simulation showed that

• A) similar opinions cluster by residence location over time.
• B) people become even more mixed in their opinions.
• C) no change will occur because of the different influences each person will be exposed to.
• D) no final pattern could be predicted because there are too many interconnected people having too many opinions.

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Uncorrelated

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