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cookcarl

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There is a correlation of .445 between the percentage of families below the poverty line and the percentage of families headed by unmarried females. Suppose a researchers believes this correlation is the caused by the fact that marriages which face economic hardships are more likely to end in divorce, thereby producing more female-headed households. The researcher in this example would say that _____________ is the independent variable.
 
  a. the percentage of families below the poverty line; the percentage of female-headed families
  b. the percentage of female-headed families; the percentage of families below the poverty line
  c. the female employment rate; the percentage of female-headed families
  d. either a or b above

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There is a correlation of .445 between the percentage of families below the poverty line and the percentage of families headed by unmarried females. Suppose a researchers believes this correlation is the caused by discrimination against women which reduces their family income. The researcher in this example would say that _____________ is the independent variable and _______________ is the dependent variable.
 
  a. the percentage of families below the poverty line; the percentage of female-headed families
  b. the percentage of female-headed families; the percentage of families below the poverty line
  c. the female employment rate; the percentage of female-headed families
  d. either a or b above



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bfulkerson77

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B




cookcarl

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Reply 2 on: Jun 18, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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