Which of the following determines a person’s place in a closed system of stratification?
a. Wealth
b. Career
c. Educational attainment
d. Ascribed status
Answer: D
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What did Pietra Rivoli's study of the global T-shirt market reveal?
A. The T-shirt market did not conform to "race to the bottom" tactics. B. Countries that bid the lowest will eventually collapse. C. Countries that won the "race to the bottom" centuries ago now have the most successful economies. D. Global textiles are a market that has had a strong monopoly in China for centuries.
The term globalization as Sernau uses it throughout the chapter refers to ______
A) economic growth of markets on every continent, but especially in Africa B) the movement of labor through immigration and resettlement projects C) a world economic system that is interconnected through trade and movement of capital D) all of the above
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Bias in conviction decisions is more likely when such decisions are made by juries rather than by judges b. Minority group members are underrepresented on juries, in part, because of class c. Whites are more likely to commit white-collar crime while blacks are more likely to commit street crime d. The race of the victim, as well as the race of the offender, has had little effect on the severity of sentence
In a chi-square analysis, the larger the difference between expected and observed frequencies, the more likely you are to
a. retain the null hypothesis b. reject the null hypothesis c. instead use a t ratio or some other parametric test.