John Has a Mixed-Race Background

question 130

Multiple Choice

John has a mixed-race background.He is most likely to experience which of the following?

• A)He fits well into categories of race.
• B)He is able to define his own social category of race
• C)He is someone who determines how he is categorized.
• D)He defies biological categories typically used to define race.

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Definitions:

Median

A statistical measure representing the middle value in a set of numbers, which divides the data into two equal halves.

Mean

An average of a group of values, computed by dividing the sum of the group of values by the number of values in the group.

Frequency Distribution

A mathematical function showing the number of instances in which a variable attains each of its possible values.

Histogram

A diagram that presents the grouped data from a frequency table.