Which term is used to describe what a company is doing when it moves its production to another country, producing the same products in the same way but with cheaper labor, lower taxes, and lower benefits to workers?
a. Outsourcing
b. Offshoring
c. Capital flight
d. Contingent employment
Answer: b. Offshoring
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a. Chernobyl. b. Nevada. c. Japan. d. South Carolina
One way of decreasing the standard deviation of the distribution of means in a planned study, thereby increasing power, is to have a larger number of participants. Another would be to:
A) use a more stringent alpha level B) use the sample variance in place of the variance of the population C) change the minimum meaningful difference. D) use a less diverse population
What best describes ‘conceptualization’?
a. Outlining specific qualitative methodology to best answer research questions. b. The process of moving from a general research interest to a concrete and researchable research problem. c. Demonstrating clear connections between data, and how to answer research questions. d. Refers to detailed explanations of qualitative methodology and design.
Which of the following statements related to the development of sociology is most accurate?
a. At the start of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, sociology as a scientific discipline had been firmly established. b. Major historical events in the late 1700s and early 1800s forced thinkers to develop new understandings of both the social and natural worlds. c. Questions about human nature and why societies change had largely been solved by the late 1700s. d. The scientific study of human behavior dates back to the Middle Ages.