Suppose you would like to evaluate whether there is a causal impact of high school sports participation on one’s likelihood of graduating from college. This is a tricky question to evaluate because there is likely selection into high school sports participation. Now suppose the state of Missouri has recently passed a legislation mandating that only high school students above a certain height (which differs by gender) will be allowed to participate in school sports. No student who is shorter than the gender-specific mandated height is allowed to

the old way of life was represented by superstition, an angry god, and absolute submission to authority. the thinkers of the age of reason ushered in a new way of thinking. this new way championed the accomplishments of humankind. individuals did not have to accept despair. science and reason could bring happiness and progress. kings did not rule by divine right. they had an obligation to their subjects. europeans pondered the implications for nearly a century. americans put them into practice first.

answer; cultural trait;

answer: ‘no one should be discriminated against because he or she is not from a minority group’

because—> affirmative action means ‘a policy or program that provides opportunities for traditionally disadvantaged groups to them overcome the effects of discrimination’