Which Statement Is Consistent with an Emic View of a Factor

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which statement is consistent with an emic view of a factor or situation?

• A) Health care provider's statement that Native Americans are stoic in the experience of pain
• B) Kindergarten teacher's statement that there are fewer discipline problems among Asian children
• C) The National Cancer Institute's report that the incidence rate of prostate cancer is high among African American men
• D) White teenager's statement that being "skinny" is more socially acceptable than having a higher weight

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Definitions:

Ordinal Data

A type of categorical data where the categories have a natural, ordered relationship.

Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

A nonparametric test that compares two unrelated samples to determine if there is a difference in their central tendency.

Sign Test

A nonparametric method utilized to identify if a median variance exists between paired data points.

Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test

A nonparametric statistical hypothesis test used to compare two related samples, matched samples, or repeated measurements on a single sample to assess whether their population mean ranks differ.