A Researcher Is Interested in the Relationship Between Social Class

question 47

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in the relationship between social class (measured as upper,middle,or lower) and support (measured as strong,moderate,or weak) for a program of welfare reform.An appropriate measure of association for these two variables would be

• A)Spearman's rho.
• B)Phi.
• C)Pearson's r.
• D)Gamma.

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Definitions:

Taste Buds

Sensory organs located on the tongue and are responsible for the perception of taste.

Psychophysical Study

The branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and their subjective perception or psychological effects.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum stimulus intensity that an organism can detect at least 50% of the time, a concept used in sensory psychology.

Brightness

The perception of how luminous an object appears, influenced by the object's illumination and the contrast with its surroundings.