An Example of a Salient Characteristic Is

question 4

Multiple Choice

An example of a salient characteristic is:

• A) Eye color
• B) Social class
• C) Ascribed status
• D) Skin color

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Definitions:

Trimmed Mean

A method of averaging that removes a specified percentage of the largest and smallest values before calculating the mean, often used to reduce the effect of outliers.

Bootstrap Standard Error

A measure of the variability or dispersion of a statistic's sampling distribution, estimated using the bootstrap resampling method.

Critical Value

A threshold value in hypothesis testing that defines the boundary of the rejection region; values beyond this indicate statistical significance.

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of numerical values, derived from the analysis of a sample, likely to enclose the value of an elusive population parameter.