In a simple random sample of 120 women and 150 men from a population of 150,000, 25% of the women and 37% of the men are smokers. Suppose you are interested in comparing the proportion of smokers by sex, compute the Z statistic.
What will be an ideal response?
-2.14
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a. goal displacement b. reference groups c. the circulation of elites d. the iron law of oligarchy
Which company has so successfully used the tax system to avoid paying taxes that it paid no corporate income tax in 2010 on reported profits of $14 billion?
a. Apple b. Berkshire Hathaway c. General Electric (GE) d. Verizon
According to C. Wright Mills, the task of sociology is to realize that
a. social organizations are corrupt and useless. b. group structures need to be strengthened if they are to survive. c. individual circumstances are connected to social issues or patterns. d. the focus needs to be on the individual and his or her problems.
__________ is credited as being the founder of sociology.
a. Auguste Comte b. W. E. B. Du Bois c. Karl Marx d. Jane Addams