Church groups are key members in the shareholder activist movement. One way that they gain access to corporate executives is by purchasing a small amount of stock and holding it a certain length of time (state laws usually dictate how much they need to buy and how long they need to hold it), which then allows them to introduce shareholder resolutions at stockholder meetings. Should small investors be able to wield influence like this, which arguably goes beyond their financial stake in the firm

Alarge university wanted to study the relationship between completing an internship during college and students' future earning potential. prom the same graduating class, they selected a random sample of 80 students who completed an internship and 100 students who did not complete an internship and examined their salaries five years after graduation. they found that there was a statistically higher mean salary for the internship group than for the noninternship group. which of the following interpretations is the most appropriate? a. there could be a confounding variable, such as student major, that explains the difference in mean salary between the internship and no internship groups. b. we cannot infer anything from these data since the distribution of salaries is likely right skewed. c. you cannot draw any valid conclusions because the sample sizes are different. d. more students should complete internships because having an internship produces a higher salary.