A professor has assigned each student a variable, and would like to know the appropriate level of measurement, as well as which average best describes the middle of the data. You are assigned voter registration in the State of Connecticut. What level of measurement is party enrollment? What measure of central tendency would best report the average?
What will be an ideal response?
political parties are nominal level data – they do not have order. The student should report the mode.
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______involves the intervention of neutral third parties
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Patricia is making a presentation to your American government class about the role of public opinion in determining public policy
She advises that American policy is strongest when no one group is dominant, that power should be divided among the many, that competition among opinions ensures that the soundest opinions emerge in a debate, and that consensus is a fundamental good. From what viewpoint is Patricia arguing? a. an elitist viewpoint b. an interactionist viewpoint c. a pluralist viewpoint d. a socialist viewpoint
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials were one case that led to the development of formal procedures for the protection of participants in research. 2. The Belmont Report established three basic ethical principles for the protection of human subjects. 3. Institutions seeking federal funds for research involving human subjects must have a group that reviews research proposals. 4. The institutional body that reviews proposed research involving human subjects is called the Belmont Reporting Commission. 5. The American Sociological Association has adopted ethical guidelines that are more lenient than federal standards.
The expressive-collaborative model of ethical decision making is based on the concept that
a. there are universal codes to guide decision making that can be explicitly expressed. b. there is an agreed-upon moral code that applies to all situations. c. moral life is a continuing negotiation among people. d. the resolution of a moral problem can be expressed as a solution.