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Generalization
Transformation
Confusion
Compound Errors
General chapter questions
100
In this year, there was an "epidemic" of fires in African American churches in the South
What is 1996
100
Amount of Roman Catholic preists sexually preoccupied with minors at some point in their adult lives
What is 6%
100
The number of workers that would leave the workforce subtracted from the number of workers who would be joining the workforce
What are net additions to the workforce
100
Biologist who interviewed people about their sexual experiences
Who is Alfred Kinsey
100
The author of this book
What is Joel Best
200
Questionable definitions, inadequate measurement, bad samples
What are the three cases of generalization
200
percent of unknown victim-offender relationships in homicide cases
What is 40%
200
Percentage of Asian and other males expected to join the workforce in 2000
What is 4.9%
200
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948), Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953)
What are the Kinsey Reports
200
This group had the lowest "risk ratio" in Table 3
What is Black women
300
The Problem must be defined, and a means of measurement and a sample must be chosen
What is the process of generalization
300
States "bad statistics often drive out good ones"
What is Gresham's Law
300
The REPORTED difference between the likelihood of blacks and women getting referred for cardiac catheterization, in comparison to whites
What is 40%
300
One questionable nmber becomes the basis for a second that is flawed, and the process continues as the second bad number leads to a third, and so on
What is the chain of bad statistics
300
difficulties grasping the meanings of numbers and calculations
What is innumeracy
400
The number of states that reported less than 10 hate crimes per year, exemplifying the prevalence of inadequate statistics
What is 12
400
A big problem in American society before 1985
What is serial murder
400
The ACTUAL difference between the likelihood of blacks and women getting referred for cardiac catheterization, in comparison to whites
What is 7%
400
The number (used by advocates) of men who have had significant homosexual experiences in their lives
What is 10%
400
Definitions and measures need to be clear and reasonable, and samples should be representative
What are basic principles in social research
500
The amount of traffic Usenet accounted for on the Internet in 1995, showing how inadequate samples lead to skewed results
What is one-eighth
500
Amount of all homicides committed by strangers
What is 20-25%
500
complex statistics are prime candidates for mutation
What is the lesson learned from Workforce 2000
500
Bad statistics can live on, and once offered, a statistic tends to be repeated, to circulate widely, without confronting questions about its validity
What are the lessons learned from the Compound Errors section
500
Year that 12 states that reported fewer than 10 hate crimes
What is 1996