This Chapter's Discussion on Recurrent Gender Patterns Stresses That

question 38

Multiple Choice

This chapter's discussion on recurrent gender patterns stresses that

• A) it is the role of industrialized nations to correct patterns that are immoral.
• B) the United Nations should become more involved in reversing these patterns.
• C) exceptions to cross-cultural generalizations may involve societies or individuals.
• D) these patterns are universals rather than generalities.
• E) these generalities are based on bad data, because the studies did not use randomized sampling.

Understand the purpose and application of grouped frequency distribution tables in summarizing data.

Know the best practices in selecting the number of intervals for grouped frequency distribution tables.

Understand why intervals in grouped frequency distribution tables should generally be of equal size.

Recognize the levels of measurement appropriate for the use of grouped frequency distribution tables.

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