Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Variable-oriented historical research is nomothetic and deductive.
2. Demographic standardization involves computing comparable measures across units of different population sizes, such as death rates per 1000 in different countries.
3. Qualitative comparative historical studies are likely to rely on availability or purposive samples of cases.
4. In demographic research, the emphasis is on characteristics of the population, not the sample.
5. It is not methodologically acceptable to turn qualitative historical characteristics into dichotomies to facilitate comparisons.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
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a. Japan is a relatively crime-free society. b. Japan has a very high conviction rate. c. In Japan, suspects have a constitutional right to counsel. d. Japan's criminal system is highly centralized. e. Some have criticized Japan's reliance on coerced confessions.
During the 1800s, the United States generally
A. stayed out of European conflicts and politics but pursued an expansionist policy in the Western Hemisphere. B. pursued an expansionist and activist policy in both European conflicts and matters in this hemisphere. C. pursued an expansionist policy in European conflicts but stayed out of matters in this hemisphere. D. stayed out of both European conflicts and matters in this hemisphere. E. has been characterized as Pax Americana.