When Minorities Abandon Their Separate Identity and Adopt the Culture

question 62

Multiple Choice

When minorities abandon their separate identity and adopt the culture and norms of the dominant group, what are they practicing?

• A) nationalism
• B) ethnic cleansing
• C) absorption
• D) assimilation

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Definitions:

Indicator Variable

A variable that takes a value of 1 if a specific condition is true and 0 if it is not.

Interaction Term

A term in a statistical model that captures the effect of two or more variables interacting or influencing each other in a way that their individual effects cannot independently account for.

Stepwise Regression

A method of fitting regression models in which the choice of predictive variables is carried out by an automated procedure, either by adding or removing variables step by step, based on certain criteria.

Independent Variables

Factors in a study that are controlled or altered by researchers to examine their effect on dependent outcomes.