Why does creating a revision sheet count as revision?
It mobilizes selection, organization, reformulation, and active memorization.
What revision method is more effective than last-minute revision sheets?
Regular revision, spaced reactivation, and frequent short sessions.
What are the three qualities of a successful revision sheet?
Clear, useful, and personal.
What does a classic revision sheet combine?
A plan, key notions, and examples.
Who benefits most from using a mind map?
Visual learners.
What does a mind map organize a topic through?
Linked notions such as actors, causes, and consequences.
What sequence can a mechanism diagram represent?
From higher wages to job creation through economic steps.
For which types of content are flashcards suitable?
Definitions, authors, dates, and key notions.
In which year did John Maynard Keynes publish his General Theory?
1936.
Who published “General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”?
John Maynard Keynes.
What does economics study?
Choices made necessary by resource scarcity.
What does sociology study?
Social regularities and social behaviors.
What does political science study?
The conquest of political power and its organizing actors and institutions.
What is allocation of resources?
How an economy uses labor, capital, and natural resources to produce goods and services.
What explains social behavior?
Internalized norms and values.
What is political power?
Power aimed at organizing life in society.
What is a model in social inquiry?
A simplified representation of reality based on hypotheses.
What does an investigation involve in social research?
The collection of information to study a group of individuals.
What methods do social scientists use to understand social reality?
Investigations, surveys, and statistical data.
Why do social scientists use investigations and surveys?
To validate or reject models.
Can two variables be correlated without a causal link?
Yes, correlation does not imply causation.
What is effective resource allocation?
Optimal use of scarce resources without increasing one production by reducing another.
What are the main steps in an investigation involving populations?
Identify population, select representative sample, collect data from sample.
What was the population and sample size in the Insee investigation?
1,000 French people aged 14 and over.
According to Insee, what percentage of French people eat meat about once a week?
42%.
How is percentage change calculated?
.
By how much did the popularity of the name Taylor decrease between 1995 and 2022?
By 92.4%.
Which organization reported the 92.4% decrease in the name Taylor's popularity?
The US Social Security Administration.
Which organization conducted the investigation with 1,000 French people aged 14 and over?
Insee.
What is correlation in statistics?
A statistical link between two variables.
When is a correlation positive?
When two variables vary in the same direction.
When is a correlation negative?
When two variables vary in opposite directions.
What is causality?
A cause-and-effect relationship.
Can correlation exist without causality?
Yes, correlation may exist without causality.
What does correlation indicate about causality?
It indicates a possible causal relationship.
What explains the correlation between chocolate consumption and Nobel winners?
A hidden variable of a country's wealth.
Why is the chocolate consumption and Nobel winners relationship positive?
Because both variables move in the same direction.
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