Which of the following best describes an availability sample?
a. a psychologist studying single mothers uses those single mothers who are
among her clients.
b. a study of college students uses every 50th person on an alphabetical list of all
college students at a university.
c. a researcher asks substance abusers he knows to suggest the names of other
substance abusers who might be willing to participate in the research.
d. a study of teenagers uses the first 100 teenagers to arrive at a rock concert
A
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Studies of divorce indicate that one of the best predictors of the relative well-being of divorced women and men is
A) their race/ethnicity. B) the economic independence of the individual spouses. C) their educational backgrounds. D) none of the above
Of the following, which is the best example of a mezzolevel target of change?
A. family members B. an organization C. a community D. a legislative initiative
Asylum seekers differ from refugees in that asylum seekers obtain protection after they arrive in the U.S. while refugees obtain this designation prior to arriving in the U.S
a. true b. false
According to Erving Goffman, we are constantly
a) shifting between various social worlds as we move through daily life b) using media to compare our own situation to that of other people c) moving from fantasy to reality as we go from TV to the real world d) making framing mistakes that we experience as frightening and unreal