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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On average, what percentage of the student population is black in a school that an ECLS white child attends?
(a) 20%.
(b) 16%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 6%.

2. What additional response does Venkatesh later state should be added to his questionnaire?
(a) Cracker.
(b) What does that mean?
(c) None of the above.
(d) Fuck you.

3. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $65,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $15,000.

4. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Norway.
(c) Germany.
(d) Israel.

5. In a per-hour study of likelihood of dying in a plane versus a car crash, how do they compare?
(a) You are more likely to die in a car.
(b) You are just as likely to die in either a plane or car.
(c) You are more likely to die in a plane.
(d) There is no way to figure this.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what technology do the authors compare the system they use for determining regression analysis?

2. What do the authors argue is the primary incentive for not soliciting a prostitute?

3. How many homeless people did Mitch Snyder tell a college class die every second?

4. What percentage of people actually pays for Paul Feldman's wares?

5. Judith Rich Harris claims in her book, THE NURTURE ASSUMPTION, that parental influence is generally overwhelmed by what?

(see the answer key)

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