Which of the Following Statements Is True of Affirmative Action

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of affirmative action? 

• A) It involves offering special admission considerations to members of minority groups. 
• B) It is the deliberate and public act of refusing to obey laws thought to be unjust. 
• C) It is based on discrimination against people who have no minority status. 
• D) It is a standard under which a law or action must be necessary to promote a compelling state interest. 
• E) It was first developed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Definitions:

Median

The middle value in a data set, separating the higher half from the lower half, providing a measure of central tendency that is not influenced by extreme values.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, such as the mean, median, or mode.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the count of numbers.

Bimodal

A distribution with two different modes or peaks.