Who Was the U

question 140

Multiple Choice

Who was the U.S. sociologist who expanded the understanding of social functions by discussing the differences between the manifest functions and the latent functions of social patterns?

• A) C. Wright Mills
• B) William Graham Sumner
• C) Talcott Parsons
• D) Robert K. Merton

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Weighting Scheme

A method of assigning different weights or importance to various elements or criteria in order to calculate a composite score or make decisions.

Exponential Smoothing

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Exponential Smoothing Forecast

A time series forecasting method that applies decreasing weights to older data.

Previous Forecast Value

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