Which of the Following Is False About Social Mobility in the United

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false about social mobility in the United States today?

• A)In the U.S.anyone who works hard enough can get ahead.
• B)Social mobility occurs in the U.S.,but less often than the myth asserts and over shorter distances from one class to another.
• C)Most people remain in their class of origin.
• D)Social mobility is greatly influenced by education.

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Definitions:

Upper Quartile

The value below which 75% of the observations in a group of data fall, marking the upper 25% of the data.

Weights

A measure of the heaviness of an object or the importance assigned to elements in a computational operation.

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Whiskers

In a box plot, the lines that extend from the quartiles to the furthest data points within a reasonable range, representing the spread of the bulk of the data.