According to Robert K

question 25

Multiple Choice

According to Robert K. Merton, structural strain exists in the United States because

• A)opportunities are open to all.
• B)people must go to college in order to become successful.
• C)American culture places a high value on social advancement for all its members, regardless of the circumstances into which they are born.
• D)the legitimate means to achieve the culturally-valued goals are clearly defined.

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Definitions:

Proportion

The fraction or percentage that represents a part of a whole or any number of items in relation to the total.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from the statistics of observed data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Population

In statistics, the entire set of individuals or items from which samples can be drawn for analysis.