_____ Refers to the Occurrence of Events Over the Long

question 116

Multiple Choice

_____ refers to the occurrence of events over the long run, and _____ refers to the calculation of the number of successes divided by the number of trials.

• A) Proportion; percentage
• B) Percentage; proportion
• C) Probability; percentage
• D) Probability; proportion

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Definitions:

Economic Determinism

The theory that economic forces and material interests shape societal structures, values, and practices.

Scientific Method

A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence crucial in the advancement of science, involving observation, hypothesis formulation, experimentation, and conclusion.

Positivism

A philosophical system recognizing only that which can be scientifically verified or which is capable of logical or mathematical proof, thus rejecting metaphysics and theism.

World-Systems Theory

World-Systems Theory is a sociological perspective that analyzes societies in terms of the global economic system, focusing on the hierarchy of countries as core, semi-periphery, and periphery.