What Helps to Account for Racial Differences in Opinion Regarding

question 30

Multiple Choice

What helps to account for racial differences in opinion regarding the degree of racism against Blacks in the United States?

• A) Government propaganda plays a major role.
• B) There are no racial differences in opinion.
• C) Racial minorities just like to dwell on past wrongs.
• D) Life experiences that differ by race play a major role.

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Definitions:

P-value

The odds of getting results from a test that are as extreme as or exceed the extremity of the observed results, on the assumption that the null hypothesis is in effect.

Population Correlation

A measure of the strength and direction of association that exists between two variables measured across an entire population.

Alternative

In hypothesis testing, this refers to the hypothesis that contradicts the null hypothesis, suggesting some effect or difference exists.

Null Hypothesis

In statistical testing, it is the assertion that there is no effect or no difference, used as a default hypothesis to challenge with experimental evidence.