Steven's college has a major problem with student drinking on campus. He decided to study student drinking behavior by focusing on the factors that influence drinking behavior and the variables that predict that a student will engage heavy drinking. What type of research is he conducting?
A. interpretive social science
B. critical social science
C. positivist social science
D. All of these answers are correct.
Answer: C
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have successfully maintained class-based and sometimes racially based segregation through political control and legal strategies. Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Experience with Genie, who had been denied human contact for the first eleven years of her life, indicates that:
a. after several months in an enriched environment, she overcame the results of her social impoverishment. b. her most severe deprivation was in the area of language development. c. neurological tests showed massive brain damage. d. with specialized tutoring she was able to gain fluency in language.
The research design determines the research question.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
An automobile manufacturer develops a factory in a small, rural town. This factory provides much need jobs to the area, but the by-products that the factory creates during production increase the amount of water pollution in the area. This is an example of a ______.
A. manifest function B. latent function C. social function D. dysfunction