If You Are Evaluating the Usefulness of a Given Predictor

question 31

Multiple Choice

If you are evaluating the usefulness of a given predictor in predicting job success, and you are interested in the value the predictor adds to the prediction of job success, you want to know the predictor's ________.

• A) validity coefficient
• B) practical significance
• C) sign
• D) statistical significance

Differentiate between biological sex, gender identity, and sexuality, and understand how these concepts vary across cultures and individuals.

Understand the concerns and criticisms raised by different waves of feminism, particularly regarding the marginalization of certain groups.

Comprehend the concepts and criticisms of traditional masculinity and its impact on both men and society.

Recognize the significance of queer theory and the distinctions between sex, gender, and sexual orientation.

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Definitions:

Liberalism

Originally, political philosophy that emphasized the protection of liberty by limiting the power of government to interfere with the natural rights of citizens; in the twentieth century, belief in an activist government promoting greater social and economic equality.

New Deal

A collection of initiatives, including public construction efforts, economic restructuring, and regulatory measures, implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States throughout the 1930s as a response to the Great Depression.

Unregulated Capitalism

An economic system without governmental oversight and regulation, where the market forces are unrestricted and determine the allocation of resources and distribution of goods.

Resettlement Administration

A New Deal agency created in 1935 designed to relocate struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government.