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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To what technology do the authors compare the system they use for determining regression analysis?
(a) A computer spreadsheet.
(b) An assembly line.
(c) A switchboard.
(d) A graphing calculator.
2. What did DuPont introduce in 1939 to make stockings more affordable?
(a) Nylon.
(b) Run-proofing.
(c) Elastic.
(d) Scotch guard.
3. Which of the following factors is revealed not to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child's parents are involved in the PTA.
(b) The child's family is intact.
(c) The child had a low birthweight.
(d) The child has highly educated parents.
4. In what crime-ridden neighborhood did Venkatesh do his graduate research?
(a) South Central Los Angeles.
(b) East St. Louis.
(c) South Chicago.
(d) The South Bronx.
5. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child's parents regularly read to him.
(b) The child is adopted.
(c) The child is regularly spanked.
(d) The child's parents regularly take him to museums.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the authors, what would be a more reasonable educational concern than the black-white achievement gap?
2. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?
3. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
4. What unethical practice are Atlanta police discovered to have undertaken throughout the 1990s?
5. In a per-hour study of likelihood of dying in a plane versus a car crash, how do they compare?
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