Suppose New Experimental Evidence Were to Point to a Hubble

question 47

Multiple Choice

Suppose new experimental evidence were to point to a Hubble constant value of H₀ = 50 km/s/Mpc.A calculation of the age of the universe using this value would give:

• A) the same value we now calculate, namely 13.7 billion years.
• B) an age younger than 13.7 billion years.
• C) an age older than 13.7 billion years.
• D) a different value of the age, but more information is needed to estimate what it would be.

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Definitions:

Exclusionary

Pertaining to the act or policy of excluding certain people or groups from participating in an activity, institution, or society.

Clinical Research

The in-depth examination of an individual or a group by a clinician who assists with psychological or medical problems.

Ethnocentric Bias

The tendency to view one's own culture or ethnicity as superior and to use one’s own cultural standards to judge others.

Biased Sample

A sample that does not accurately represent the population from which it was drawn due to systematic exclusion or over-representation of certain groups.