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Martin Luther King Jr. went to jail many times for acts of civil disobedience such as ignoring court orders prohibiting marches and boycotts. Some people, even those who agreed with him, criticized him for disobeying the law. However, most people today view these actions as a form of

To reduce grape processing costs at a winery, a Six Sigma project team has decided to purchase a new de-stemmer machine. The team must decide between two machines: the Rauch A20 and the C.M.A. Dream. Both machines have comparable quality levels and the same capacity, but different costs. The team needs to analyze the costs for both machines over a seven-year study period, with an MARR (an interest rate) of 12% per year. Machine 1: The Rauch A20 will cost $41,000 now, have operating costs of $6,000 per year, and have a salvage value of $3,000. What is the net present worth of the cash flows for Machine 1?    [a20] The net present worth of the cash flows for Machine 2 is −$84,400. Which machine should the team select?    [select]

Researcher Victoria Leto DeFrancisco studied the conversations of heterosexual couples in their homes to determine how power is created and maintained through day-to-day interactions. Which type of approach is she using in this research?

A manufacturer is prioritizing the results of a survey taken to develop its next generation television.  One customer requirement that has emerged is that the television should operate for long periods (years) without failures.  In fact, the longer a television operates without failures, the more satisfied a customer would be. Based on the Kano model, this is an example of [what]

A local candy maker wants to monitor the quality of its best-selling product:  Italian lemoncello almonds.  Each hour, a random sample of 100 candies is selected and examined for visual defects. Which SPC chart should be used to monitor the fraction (or proportion) of defective candies? [which]

What is an example of a law enforcement policy that makes the poor less visible?

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I downloaded the Lockdown Browser on the computer I plan to take the upcoming quiz. Once Installed Start LockDown Browser Log into to Canvas Navigate to the exam Note: You won’t be able to access an exam that requires LockDown Browser with a standard web browser. If this is tried, an error message will indicate that the test requires the use of LockDown Browser. Simply start LockDown Browser and navigate back to the exam to continue.

Andrew was convicted of attacking an Uber driver. The judge sentenced him to three years in prison with the justification that Andrew is a threat to others and the public needs to be protected from him. This is an example of which type of justification for punishment?

French sociologist and postmodernist Pierre Bourdieu suggested that social reproduction, or the tendency of social classes to remain relatively stable as class status is passed down from one generation to the next, occurs in part through the acquisition of