Of the Following, _______ Is Least Likely to Be an Explanation

question 2

Multiple Choice

Of the following, _______ is least likely to be an explanation for the high fertility that existed for most of human history.

• A) the need to overcome high mortality
• B) the fact that children are a source of security and labor for their parents
• C) the desire for sons
• D) religious objections to the use of contraception

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Definitions:

Inferential Statistics

The branch of statistics that makes predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data.

Sample Size

The number of observations or individuals in a subset of the population selected for analysis.

Confidence Intervals

A span of numerical estimates generated from a sample that has a good chance of encompassing the actual value of an unspecified population characteristic.

Effect Size

An evaluative figure representing the scale of a condition or the potency of connections between variables.