If a College Professor Surveyed His Students About Their Attitudes

question 251

Multiple Choice

If a college professor surveyed his students about their attitudes concerning the social security system and concluded that young adults doubt that they will ever receive social security benefits,his conclusion would be flawed because

• A) his students were not a representative sample of young adults.
• B) he did not survey the entire population of young adults.
• C) he knew his subjects before he surveyed them.
• D) his students were a random sample.

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Definitions:

PhCHCN

Stands for acetophenone's chemical formula, referring to a compound with a benzene ring attached to a methyl ketone.

Hex-1-ene

A hydrocarbon compound with the molecular formula C6H12, characterized by the presence of a double bond between the first and second carbon atoms.

IR Absorption

The process where molecules absorb infrared light at specific frequencies, causing vibrational changes, used in spectroscopy for substance identification.

Carbonyl Stretch

Refers to the vibration of the carbon-oxygen double bond in the infrared spectroscopy region, often used to identify carbonyl-containing functional groups in organic compounds.