Many Sociologists Believed That Secularization Was Well Underway in Canada

question 107

Multiple Choice

Many sociologists believed that secularization was well underway in Canada but then modified their stance somewhat in the 1990s. What caused this change of mind?

• A) The evidence suggested strongly that religion was already dead.
• B) The evidence suggested that people were quite involved in religion.
• C) In most parts of Canada, religious beliefs were in serious decline.
• D) Survey evidence demonstrated that more people than ever believed in God.

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of numbers; a measure of dispersion or variability.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, effectively dividing the dataset into two halves.

IQR

IQR, or Interquartile Range, measures the middle 50% spread of a dataset by calculating the difference between the first (25th percentile) and third (75th percentile) quartiles.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset.