Which of the Following Is an Example of Data That

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of data that could be collected to study the root causes of poverty?

• A) the number of students who drop out of high school
• B) the number of people in poverty
• C) the unemployment rate
• D) the median family income

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Definitions:

Incidental Damages

Expenses reasonably associated with or related to the breach of a contract, beyond the direct damage costs.

Psychosexual Stages

Freud's theory of childhood development that centers on the manifestations of the sexual instinct at different ages.

Defense Mechanisms

Devices the ego uses to keep threatening material out of awareness and thereby reduce or avoid anxiety.

Neurotic Anxiety

A form of anxiety resulting from an unconscious fear that the ego's control over unacceptable impulses of the id will fail, leading to punishment for inappropriate thoughts or behaviors.