Evaluate the Following Generalization(s),identifying Sample,population,attribute of Interest,and the Extent to Which

question 139

Short Answer

Evaluate the following generalization(s),identifying sample,population,attribute of interest,and the extent to which the claims involved are knowable.Consider carefully the size and diversification of the sample and the extent to which the population differs or may differ from the sample;remember,what's important is that the sample be representative.
Haslett wanted to know what percentage of students at his college votes in local elections.He asked each of his professors (he was a political science major)to ask for a show of hands in his classes so he could make a count.He found that 45 percent of the 120 classmates polled vote in local elections.He concludes that about 45 percent of the students at his college vote in those elections.

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Definitions:

Conventional Level

The second level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development, where individuals make moral decisions based on conforming to social rules to ensure positive relationships and societal order.

Social Rules

Norms established by a society to dictate acceptable behavior, facilitate interaction, and maintain order among its members.

Preoperational Stage

A stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development (roughly ages 2 to 7) where children begin to engage in symbolic play and struggle with logic and taking the perspective of others.

Decentration

The ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously, an important cognitive development in children allowing more complex thought processes.