A Suggestion by Hyde,DeLamater,and Byers on What an Individual Can

question 29

Multiple Choice

A suggestion by Hyde,DeLamater,and Byers on what an individual can do in reducing prejudice and discrimination against LGB people would be to

• A)recognize the fact that LGBs are now a minority group that is no longer hidden
• B)examine our assumptions that when we meet new individuals that they are heterosexual until proven otherwise
• C)have provinces pass laws banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation following the lead of the federal government.
• D)realize that since adolescent groups are not yet homophobic,this is a good place to start with positive educational efforts

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment or model that is expected to change in response to changes in the independent variable.

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.

SSE

Stands for Sum of Squared Errors, a measure used in statistics to indicate the difference between the observed and predicted values.

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure, often denoted as R^2, that illustrates the proportion of variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.