Since its economy began to take off in the early 1980s, China has lifted approximately how many people out of poverty, largely through participation in the global economy?

A major advantage of randomly selecting participants from a population is that

a. it allows you to do your study with fewer participants and still find statistical significance in your results. b. you can be more confident that it was the manipulation of the independent variable that caused the changes observed in the dependent variable. c. you can be more confident that your sample is representative of the population. d. it is more likely that your sample will have the characteristics you need it to have.

Which of the following was the rationale behind the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which matched Missouri’s entry into the Union as a slave state with Maine’s entry into the Union as a free state?

a. The parties compromised so the balance in the executive’s cabinet between free and slave states would be maintained. b. The parties compromised so the balance in the House of Representatives between free and slave states would be maintained. c. The parties compromised so the balance in the Senate between free and slave states would be maintained. d. The parties compromised so the balance on the Supreme Court between free and slave states would be maintained.