What Is Absolute Poverty

question 49

Multiple Choice

What is absolute poverty?

• A)lacking the minimum basic requirements necessary for physical survival
• B)a definition of poverty based on comparing individuals or families to others in the population
• C)living in poverty for over 75 percent of one's lifetime
• D)a state of poverty that is passed on from generation to generation

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, used for comparison against the group that does.

Random Sampling

A technique for selecting a sample from a population in a way that every member has an equal chance of being chosen.

Educated Guess

An assumption or prediction made based on known facts and logical reasoning, despite the absence of complete information.

Empirical Evidence

Information acquired by observation or experimentation that is used to confirm or disprove a hypothesis or theory.