Family Scholars Would Rather Rely Upon an Empirical Approach to Understanding

question 16

Multiple Choice

Family scholars would rather rely upon an empirical approach to understanding families, rather than relying on common sense or personal experience. What does an empirical approach mean?

• A)comparing the U.S. with another country
• B)being ethnocentric
• C)relying on a patrilineal approach
• D)conducting an experiment
• E)answering questions through a systematic collection and analysis of quantitative or qualitative data

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Definitions:

Large-Sample Z

A statistical test used when the sample size is large, generally using the Z distribution to approximate the probability of a sample mean.

Hypotheses

Tentative explanations or predictions that can be tested through observation and experimentation.

Gadd Severity Index

A scoring system used to measure the severity of criminal behavior by evaluating the seriousness of crimes committed.

Margin of Error

In statistics, it represents the range within which the true value of a population parameter is expected to fall, given a certain level of confidence.