Explain What Information Is Contained in the Poverty Rate Statistic

question 23

Essay

Explain what information is contained in the poverty rate statistic. Are there problems in using an absolute scale to measure poverty? If so, explain them.

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Definitions:

Brain Region

Specific areas within the brain responsible for particular functions or processes.

Ecological Validity

A property of research such that the focus of study is something that occurs naturally outside an experimental laboratory.

Naturalistic Observation

A research paradigm in which an observer observes participants in familiar everyday contexts while ideally remaining as unobtrusive as possible.

Experiment

A test of a scientific theory in which the researcher manipulates the independent variable.