Auguste Comte Believed That

question 32

Multiple Choice

Auguste Comte believed that

• A) sociology was less important than psychology.
• B) sociology was the social science that would bring the greatest concrete changes to society.
• C) Karl Marx was the greatest 19th century figure.
• D) sociology was the culmination of all the sciences.
• E) truth could not be obtained without using the senses.

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Definitions:

Least-Squares Regression

A statistical method used to determine the line of best fit by minimizing the sum of squares of the differences between observed and predicted values.

Squared Deviations

The squares of the differences between individual observations and the mean of those observations, often used in statistical analysis to measure variance.

Regression Line

A statistical tool used in linear regression analysis that represents the relationship between two variables, showing the expected value of the dependent variable for a given value of the independent variable.

Margin Of Safety

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