The Initial Step in "Coming Out" Is Usually

question 49

Multiple Choice

The initial step in "coming out" is usually:

• A) the decision to be secretive.
• B) the decision to be open.
• C) a person's realization that she or he feels different from the mainstream heterosexual model.
• D) accepting one's gay or lesbian sexual orientation.

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Definitions:

Inferential Statistics

The branch of statistics that allows one to make predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data taken from that population.

Normal Distribution

A statistical distribution where data is symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.

Random Sampling

Sampling in which every member of a population has an equal chance to be selected and in which selection is determined by “luck of the draw” rather than a decision by the researcher.

Degrees

Units of measurement for angles in a circle or for temperature; in the context of education, it refers to academic qualifications.