Related to the Economics in Practice on Page 390: in Areas

question 115

Multiple Choice

Related to the Economics in Practice on page 390: In areas of Bangladesh where the government has invested in building flood embankments,

• A) marriages between cousins has fallen.
• B) marriages between cousins has risen.
• C) marriages to people from distant villages has fallen.
• D) marriage rates in general have risen.

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Definitions:

Sample Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a given set of data from a sample.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Chi-Square Distribution

A statistical distribution that is used to describe the distribution of the sum of squared random variables.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of a statistical distribution that marks the threshold for significant results.