What are the advantages and disadvantages of an experiment?
a) Advantage: Good for gathering information about issues that are not directly observed; Disadvantage: The data were collected for another purpose and therefore the researcher cannot control what variables were included.
b) Advantage: Good for exploratory and descriptive study in a natural setting; Disadvantage: Potential for a low response rate.
c) Advantage: Group interaction may produce more valuable insights than individual surveys; Disadvantage: Research must balance roles of participant and observer.
d) Advantage: Saves the expense and time of original data collection; Disadvantage: There are none.
e) Advantage: Provides greatest opportunity to assess cause and effect; Disadvantage: The setting may have an artificial quality about it.
E
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Which of the following theories argues that gender differences in poverty are a function of poor economic conditions and poverty levels in general:
A) liberal economic B) structural C) power resource D) feminization of poverty
A common criticism is that interactionists' ignore the ways that religion promotes social inequality at the micro level
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Song Lui works at a factory in southern China that makes sunglasses that are used all over the world. The factory has its headquarters in Los Angeles but has subsidiaries in China and India. This arrangement is an example of a __________.
A. sweatshop B. communal job C. market D. multinational corporation
The poverty threshold is based on:
a thrifty food budget developed by the USDA, and multiplied by three. the average cost of food, shelter, and clothing in a state, according to state statistics. half the median income. national housing costs, according to the Census Bureau.