Sean, a Lecturer at Oxford University, Is a Staunch Advocate

question 47

Multiple Choice

Sean, a lecturer at Oxford University, is a staunch advocate of globalization. He asserts that globalization has benefited many people scientifically, culturally, and economically. Which of the following statements supports his assertion?

• A) As a result of globalization, 90 percent of all business investments are domestic.
• B) As a result of globalization and the spread of new technologies, levels of socioeconomic inequality have decreased.
• C) Globalization makes lifesaving devices, medicines, and technologies more readily available to the greater world population.
• D) Globalization helps developed markets by making it easy for employers to move jobs to cheaper locations.

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Definitions:

Variables

Elements or factors that can vary or change within a study, potentially influencing the research outcome.

Authority

A way of knowing based on knowledge from a credible or respected source of information.

Intuition

Refers to arriving at an answer without quite knowing how one arrived there; a hunch or “gut instinct.”

Nomothetic

A research approach with an emphasis on measurement with a view to making generalizations about human behavior.