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question 38

Multiple Choice

Use Figure 2.7 to determine which of the following statements is true concerning ideology among professors.

• A)The greatest percentage of professors describing themselves as conservative are in the physical and biological sciences.
• B)The greatest percentage of professors describing themselves as "middle of the road" are in the fields of engineering and computer science.
• C)The majority of professors in the health sciences describe themselves as conservative.
• D)More professors in the humanities describe themselves as liberal than in any other discipline.

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Definitions:

Group Means

The average values obtained from the data of individuals within groups, used to compare and analyze the characteristics of different clusters in a study.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed change is due to chance or sampling error.

Probability Level

A statistical threshold, often denoted by alpha, which determines the cutoff point at which a result is considered statistically significant.

Statistically Significant

Refers to a result that is unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, according to a predetermined threshold in statistical testing.