What Population Was Oscar Lewis Studying When He Coined the Term

question 15

Multiple Choice

What population was Oscar Lewis studying when he coined the term "culture of poverty"?

• A) blacks
• B) single mothers on welfare
• C) the underclass
• D) Mexicans

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Definitions:

T Distribution

A probability distribution used in statistics for estimating population parameters when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution or in the calculation of a statistic.

Interval Estimate

Interval Estimate refers to a range of values, derived from sample statistics, used to estimate a population parameter.

Standard Error

Measures the accuracy with which a sample represents a population, showing the dispersion of sample means around the true population mean.