A branch of the conflict perspective, Marxist/critical theory views deviance and crime as a result of __________
a. the capitalist economic system
b. the strain between the goals of society and the means of achieving those goals
c. labeling
d. socialization by people who have criminal backgrounds
a
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Background characteristics of survey respondents such as sex, race, or age are
a. described. b. pretested. c. achieved. d. ascribed. e. ordinal.
The preferred measure of central tendency for interval data that are not severely skewed is _________
A. median B. mode C. mean D. range
In addition to developing the chi-square test, Karl Pearson also coined the term “skew.”(True or False)
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Sociologists gather information utilizing their senses, a practice called systematizing. 2. The scientific method is never used in sociological research as it has been shown to be rather biased. 3. The scientific method is used only when studying institutions in sociology, but is not suitable for studying human beings as individuals. 4. To conduct a research study using the scientific method in sociology, the theory must be new. Testing existing theories in new situations is called secondary data analysis. 5. Scientific knowledge accumulates gradually and requires many studies.