Asking subjects "Did your children go to high school?" after they told you that they have no children violates which of the following criteria in question construction?
a. Avoid double-barreled questions
b. Questions should be relevant
c. Avoid biased items
d. Avoid negative items
e. Questions should be open-ended
b
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Which statement most closely corresponds to the American view toward success according to the author?
a. The playing field is not level in the U.S. b. People who get ahead have opportunities handed to them on a silver platter. c. Anyone can make it as long as he or she perseveres. d. One can be successful despite hardships and lack of opportunity, but such a person is the exception, not the rule.
Government support for particular birth control technologies a. is an example of the regulating of sexual and reproductive behavior
b. does not occur within the U.S. c. has no effect on the decisions that individuals make about reproductive behavior. d. discriminates against women.
In Maria's social life, she is part of a legal, immigrant family living together, but she just came out of the closet as a lesbian which caused so much stress and conflict at home and school that no one is talking to her in the same way. The status of lesbian is:
a. shaped by fashion. b. culturally not organized for the family to comprehend. c. a form of political rebellion in action. d. a master status.
Teachers at Central High School earn a mean salary of $45,000, with a standard deviation of $2,500 . Those at Midlands High School earn an average of $30,000, but a standard deviation of $7,000 . Which of these two have the largest variation in salary?
a. Central High School b. Midlands High School c. Both have the same variation d. Cannot discern from information given. e. The standard deviation is not appropriate for this study.