One Study Found That the Lightest-Skin Immigrants to the U

question 6

Multiple Choice

One study found that the lightest-skin immigrants to the U.S. earn 16 to 23 cents more on the dollar than their darkest-skinned immigrant counterparts. In this case skin shade has been

• A)reified.
• B)institutionalized.
• C)racialized.
• D)idealized.

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Definitions:

Equal Variances

The assumption that two or more populations have the same variance.

Bonferroni Adjustment

It's a statistical correction method used to adjust confidence intervals or significance thresholds when multiple comparisons are made, reducing the chance of a type I error.

Type I Error Rate

The probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis, equivalent to the significance level of the test.

Type II Error

The mistake made by not rejecting an incorrect null hypothesis, often referred to as a false negative.