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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) A graphing calculator.
(c) A switchboard.
(d) An assembly line.

2. What is Stetson Kennedy's pseudonym at the Pittsburgh Courier?
(a) Superman.
(b) Daddy Mention.
(c) Simon LaGre.
(d) John Brown.

3. According to a quoted study in FREAKONOMICS, by what percentage is an aborted child more likely to have grown up in poverty than one that is born?
(a) 75%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 100%.

4. What did the authors of FREAKONOMICS consider doing for six minutes?
(a) Writing a novel.
(b) Falsifying all their data.
(c) Giving up.
(d) Writing a book on a single theme.

5. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?
(a) They have been better educated.
(b) They were incarcerated at a younger age.
(c) They were never born.
(d) They had less access to weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?

2. The authors compare the risk of a crack dealer in JT's gang to the most dangerous job in America. What is that job?

3. What additional response does Venkatesh later state should be added to his questionnaire?

4. What do obstetricians in lower birth-rate areas do more often?

5. Who was Rudolph Giuliani's police commissioner often credited with reducing crime in New York in the Nineties?

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