What is the basic distinction between quantitative and qualitative research methods?
What will be an ideal response?
Quantitative research utilizes numerical data; qualitative uses descriptive data.
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_____ is a process of social and cultural change initiated by industrialization and followed by increased social differentiation and division of labor
a. Revolution b. Renovation c. Modernization d. Westernization
Sexual relations among family members are almost universally taboo
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements about the United States is indicative of reality?
a. Crime rates in the United States are, on average, very similar to those of other first world nations. b. Crime rates are much higher in the United States, which now has a reputation overseas as a very violent place to visit. c. The United States imprisons, on average, the same number of people per capita as do other nations. d. Murders in the United States almost always are committed by strangers on strangers.
SAGE News Clips: Dakota Access Pipeline ProtestDescription: Senator Bernie Sanders and Native activist Tara Houska make a plea to President Obama to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Sanders quotes research from Oil Change International that states that the pipeline would have the same effect as adding 21 million more cars and 30 million new coal plants if built.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 39 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Which of the following types of theorists would be most interested in analyzing the language of protest around the Dakota pipeline?
A. structuralists B. conflict theorists C. structural functionalists D. critical theorists