Consider the design and implementation of this study. What are its strong points?
What are its problems? Comment on the analysis and recommendations.
What will be an ideal response?
Kaplan was advantaged as an interviewer by her own race and similarity of experiences,
inspiring trust in the interviewees. She may have read things into their words because of
this, however. Locating respondents by asking others to identify them (snowball) tends
to lead one to a restricted type with common values, situations, etc., making the results
less generalizable, but its strength is in being able to locate individuals with specific
characteristics. Kaplan's stigma analysis allowed her to assess how much was being
covered up. The interviews probed several important topics. Analysis of qualitative
information is difficult, but the report seemed to be even-handed and thorough. The
conclusions section summarized the results and conclusions concisely. Extending the
study to future problems provided the reader with much food for thought.
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Explain why health care in the U.S. has been heavily criticized.
What will be an ideal response?
What is the fundamental value that underlies the sex imbalance in India?
A. There is competition with China over economic power. B. Women have recently been granted the right to initiate divorce. C. Patriarchy leads to disvaluing females. D. The country has made it easier for men to migrate elsewhere in search of work.
In the 1990s, studies conducted at Wellesley and by the American Association of University Women argued that __________ were being shortchanged by schools. In the twenty-first century, other researchers say that __________ are the ones who are not being well-served by schools.
A. Latinos; Blacks B. Blacks; Latinos C. girls; boys D. boys; girls
According to the ______ perspective, public schools promote social cohesion and stability, as well as enable everyone to succeed and contribute to society.
A. functionalist B. conflict C. symbolic interactionist D. feminist