The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

question 42

Multiple Choice

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

• A)has been declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
• B)is a law designed to undercut possible state recognition of same-sex marriage.
• C)is a program put forth by the Department of Defense that overrides state national guard regulations.
• D)is at direct odds with the extradition clause.?
• E)is likely to be added as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.

Apply the sign test and interpret its results.

Understand the assumptions behind different nonparametric tests, including the sign test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test.

Identify the role of the sign test and its comparison to the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test.

Apply appropriate statistical tests for matched pairs data and draw conclusions from the test outcomes.

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Bonds

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