Harry, an ethnographer, lived among the homeless in Queens, New York, for a year, and has recently written a book on his observations. Based on his experiences that the homeless took care of each other in Queens, he concludes that homeless people will take care of one another in all locations. In stating that conclusion, Harry has committed the
a. ecological fallacy.
b. individual fallacy.
c. group fallacy.
d. aggregate fallacy.
e. ethnographic fallacy.
E
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a. Gerrymandered b. Ex-post facto c. De jure d. De facto e. Ad hoc
For a somewhat normal distribution, the range is approximately equal to how many times the
standard deviation: a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8
When a person does not have adequate resources to maintain his or her health, such as enough food to eat, the person is said to be in
a. absolute poverty. b. downward mobility. c. relative poverty. d. upward mobility.
Max Weber defined force as
A. the actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others. B. power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised. C. the exercise of power through a process of persuasion. D. the ability to exercise one's will over others.