Professor Jones Gathers Existing Statistical Information from Various United Nations

question 15

Multiple Choice

Professor Jones gathers existing statistical information from various United Nations Publications and other sources on 120 nations. She then analyzes the information to see whether nations with certain forms of government e.g., democratic versus dictatorship) and economies e.g., industrial versus agricultural) have particular social programs e.g., public health programs) . This is which type of comparative research?

• A) cross-national research
• B) cultural context research
• C) transnational research
• D) case study

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Definitions:

Conversion Control Sequences

Patterns in a format string that specify how to convert and format data types for input/output operations.

Scanf()

A function in C programming that allows the reading of formatted input from stdin (standard input stream).

Data Type

A data type is a classification of data which tells the compiler or interpreter how the programmer intends to use the data. This classification determines the types of operations that can be performed on the data.

Fflush()

A standard library function in C used to flush a stream’s output buffer, forcing written data to be delivered.