Which of the Following Statements Is True of Poverty Science

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of poverty science?

• A) The sole purpose of poverty science is to determine causes of poverty.
• B) It is a movement that relies on randomized experiments to determine effective ways to alleviate poverty.
• C) The main goal of poverty science is to determine the number of people living below the poverty line.
• D) It fails to compare different poverty-reduction initiatives based on facts.

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Androgens

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Learned Taste Aversion

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Innate Releasing Mechanism

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Hypothalamus

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