Failure to achieve a representative sample is known as:
a. researcher bias.
b. sampling error.
c. subjectivity.
d. stratified sampling.
e. all of the above
B
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Third party candidates are most likely to:
a. increase the chances of electing candidates furthest from third party views b. increase the chances of electing candidates closest to third party views c. increase the chances of electing the third party candidates d. increase the chances that the electoral college ends a stalemate e. none of the above
Understanding the cultural and ethnic differences between African American and European American family structures falls under which controversy?
a. nature-nurture b. continuity-discontinuity c. stability-change d. universal versus context-specific
Sociologists who analyze class using the conflict perspective a. see class basically as a continuum
b. argue that class is basically a matter of what individuals possess in terms of income and prestige. c. see class as defined by the relationship of the classes to the larger system of economic production. d. base their views on the early work of Emile Durkheim who pointed out the dysfunctional consequences of division of labor.
Like their male counterparts, female gang members recognized they could become subject themselves to violence as a result of being
a. special honorary members of the fraternity. b. targets of police and community efforts to curtail crime. c. targets of rival gangs and having to submit to violence through gang initiations and physical punishment for breaking gang rules. d. women because easy targets for retaliation.