In What Ways Does the Development of the Railroad Industry

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Essay

In what ways does the development of the railroad industry in the late nineteenth century illustrate the limitations of the myth of individual free enterprise in American history? What did government hope to attain by its promotion of railroad construction? What, in fact, did it attain?

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Definitions:

Test-Retest Correlation

A measure of the consistency of a psychological test or assessment over time by administering the same test to the same individuals on two different occasions.

Median

The score that falls in the middle of all the scores on the test; also called the 50th percentile.

Predictive Validity

When a scale is related to a concrete outcome or behavior.

Discriminant Validity

The extent to which a construct is truly distinct from other constructs by empirical standards, often assessed through its lack of correlation with unrelated constructs.