Why Is the "Decline" Phase of Social Movements Interesting

question 41

Multiple Choice

Why is the "decline" phase of social movements interesting?

• A) After a movement declines, it always perishes.
• B) After a movement declines, it is possible that the movement changes and continues.
• C) The coalescence phase comes right afterward.
• D) Social movements always decline quickly after they begin.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, calculated as the average of the squared deviations from the mean.

Mean

A measure of central tendency that is calculated by adding up all the values in a set and then dividing by the number of values.

Standard Deviation

An appraisal of the diversity or spread level exhibited by a collection of figures.

Normally Distributed

Refers to a probability distribution which is evenly shaped around the mean, indicating that occurrences of data close to the mean are more common than occurrences of data distant from the mean.