Generalizing from the Text, You Should Note That the Primary

question 66

Multiple Choice

Generalizing from the text, you should note that the primary goal of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was to:

• A) reduce the cycle of generations of poverty, where children of impoverished families are also likely to become impoverished as parents
• B) increase funding to low-income day-care centers so children raised in impoverished families will have a "head start"
• C) provide incentives to employers to hire single parents
• D) raise the minimum wage

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Definitions:

Quasi-Experiment

A research design that lacks the full control of true experimental designs but employs some method of making causal inferences from observed changes.

Correlational Study

A research method that examines the relationship between two variables to determine if a statistical relationship exists.

External Validity

The degree to which the findings of a research can be applied to different settings and different individuals.

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment that are manipulated or changed by researchers to observe their effects on dependent variables.