Describe the differences between ascribed status and achieved status. Give examples to support your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
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a. conservative b. liberal c. radical right d. radical left
Most Egyptian Americans __________
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The purpose of a partial correlation is to:
a. test for a significant relationship b. control a relationship for a third variable c. make curvilinear relationship into a linear one d. calculate a correlation for part of a sample
New biological technologies such as fetal DNA mapping
a. require blood and urine samples from both parents. b. make kinship of sperm donors more difficult to determine. c. can raise ethical issues with regard to abortion. d. are designed to cure genetic diseases prenatally.