There Is a Correlation of

question 15

Multiple Choice

There is a correlation of .445 between the percentage of families below the poverty line and the percentage of families headed by unmarried females.Suppose a researchers believes this correlation is the caused by the fact that marriages which face economic hardships are more likely to end in divorce, thereby producing more female-headed households.The researcher in this example would say that _____________ is the independent variable.

• A)the percentage of families below the poverty line; the percentage of female-headed families
• B)the percentage of female-headed families; the percentage of families below the poverty line
• C)the female employment rate; the percentage of female-headed families
• D)either a or b above

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Gender Stereotypes

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Gender Stereotypes

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