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OSWALD

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You just proved a research hypothesis false. As a sociologist, how should you treat this?
 
  a. When a hypothesis is false, you should double check your sample for errors.
  b. Hypothesis testing is flawed by nature, so you should try again until things fit.
  c. False hypotheses are rare, so this finding is itself worth keeping.
  d. Proving a hypothesis false helps to eliminate wrong answers and clarify research.
  e. A hypothesis that is false in one sense may be true in another.

Question 2

One indicator of culture's influence on satisfying hunger is that
 
  a. if people are hungry enough, they will eat just about anything.
  b. people everywhere eat three meals a day.
  c. fast food appeals to people everywhere.
  d. only a portion of the potential food available is defined as edible.



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