Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Girls who drop out of school are more likely to become pregnant than nondropouts.
• B) Teenage fathers are less likely to finish high school than are nonfathers.
• C) The dropout rate for African Americans has decreased over the past years.
• D) Female dropouts are more likely than male dropouts to be employed.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation for a phenomenon, forming the basis for experimentation to validate or invalidate through observation and experimentation.

Theorem

A statement or proposition that is proven on the basis of previously established statements or proofs.

Sampling Error

The difference between the characteristics of a sample and those of the population from which it was drawn, arising purely by chance.