A survey utilizes both questions and observations from only one sample
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Some research suggests that rates of women’s employment and a country’s economic growth are connected. 2. Cottage industry work is an example of own-account work. 3. Research has shown that women see their job as their main source of identity. 4. Higher status men are especially likely to participate in compensatory masculinity which involves drugs, alcohol, and sexual carousing. 5. African American men often participate in oppositional culture.
What was the primary way that the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) evaluated student performance?
A. through interviews with students B. through teacher comments C. through extensive standardized testing D. through classroom observation
SAGE News Clips: Educational Recruitment ScamDescription: Announcing the largest False Claims Act settlement involving a for-profit educational institution in U.S. history, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch discusses a $95.5 million settlement with Education Management Corporation (EDMC). As discussed in the video, EDMC ran a high-pressure recruitment scheme in which recruiters were rewarded for bringing in the most students. EDMC also exaggerated its job-placement numbers and used deceptive sales tactics to recruit students they knew were underprepared for higher education. Watch this video to learn more!Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 361, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test,
and answer the following questions:While data suggest that higher education is more critical for raising one's competitiveness in the job market, there are also pitfalls that students must be wary of. Which of the following is NOT a pitfall that sociologists have identified? A. Many student leave college with more debt than they can afford after graduation. B. Many students leave college without ever graduating. C. The wages of young Black and Hispanic graduates are much lower than those of White college graduates. D. A college degree does not correlate with higher lifetime earnings.
In 1898, Marie Curie unintentionally left a rock on a piece of photographic paper and later found that emissions from the rock had exposed the paper. Since that time, the radium responsible for the paper's exposure has been put to medical use in X-ray technology. Curie's experience is an example of ___________, one of the processes by which cultural changes are set in motion.
a. invention b. discovery c. cultural lag d. diffusion