When Did the World Population First Reach 1 Billion

question 31

Multiple Choice

When did the world population first reach 1 billion?

• A) 1544
• B) 1825
• C) 1930
• D) 2019

Understand naturalistic observation and its major advantage.

Explain the importance of control groups in experiments.

Recognize methods to minimize experimenter expectancy effects and understand their importance in maintaining internal validity.

Understand the concept of project crashing and its impact on project cost and schedule.

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