For what reasons would you use participant observation instead of a survey?

Would you consider the looters in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina to be a representative sample of the disaster victims? If so, why? If not, why were some news reports presenting them as such?

Use any method to find the relative extrema of the function f.

$$f ( x ) = \left| 3 x - x ^ { 2 } \right|$$

Match terms a-e with statements. a. population b. representative sample c. random sample d. sample e. survey. All those people with the characteristics the researcher wants to study within the context of a particular research question.

Use mental math to rename mixed numbers as fractions greater than 1. $1 \frac { 11 } { 12 }$

Prove the identity.

$$cos 3x= cos^3x -3 sin^2x cos x$$

What is the difference between sex and gender?

List the major characteristics of bureaucracy, according to Max Weber.

(a) say what an appropriate sample space is; (b) complete the following sentence: “X is the rule that assigns to each...”; (c) list the values of X for all the outcomes. X is the value of the larger number when two dice are rolled.

Without referring back to the text. Fill in the blank or answer true/false. The distance from the plane y = -5 to the point (4, -3, 1) is ______.

Plot each complex number and find its absolute value.

$$z = - 3 - 4 i$$

Let D be the solid bounded by the ellipsoid $x ^ { 2 } / a ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } / b ^ { 2 } + z ^ { 2 } / c ^ { 2 } = 1$, where a$\gt$0, b$\gt$0, and c$\gt$0 are real numbers. Let T be the transformation x=au, y=bv, z=cw. Find the average square of the distance between points of D and the origin.

The frame of the doorway is an arch that can be modeled by the graph of the equation

$$y = -3x^2 + 12x$$

, where x and y are measured in feet. On a coordinate plane, the floor is represented by the x-axis. Plot the points from the table on a coordinate plane and connect the points to form a smooth curve to represent the arch.

Why is conformity essential for the development of social structures?