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So Many Critical Developments Shaping Politics,the Economy,and Society During the Latter

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So many critical developments shaping politics,the economy,and society during the latter part of the nineteenth century were the products of unintended consequences.Identify two or three examples of unintended consequences and why they are important to understanding the history of this period.


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Leniency Error

A bias in performance appraisals where the evaluator rates an employee more favorably than the employee's performance justifies.

Lopsided Distribution

A statistical distribution characterized by an asymmetry where values are more spread out on one side than the other.

Skewed

Refers to a distribution that is not symmetric, having one tail longer or more spread out than the other.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores.

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