Choose one of Appadurai’s five dimensions of global cultural flows, according to Ritzer and explain its significance on globalization as a whole.
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Students will choose one of the five scapes and an example. A technoscape example may look like the following: Technoscapes refer to the “global configuration . . . of technology and the fact that technology, both high and low, both mechanical and informational, now moves at high speeds across” previously impermeable corporate and national boundaries (ibid.:34). Technologies are now bought and sold and moved across borders at an unprecedented rate. For instance, an automobile plant in the United States may be using parts and technologies imported from Mexico, Japan, and Germany.
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A) Germany B) Spain C) El Salvador D) Afghanistan
The information below compares the final exam grades for 2 biology classes:
Class 1 Class 2 Mean 80.2 81.3 Standard Deviation 12.1 6.7 Number of cases 25 23 What may we conclude? Class 1 a. is more homogeneous. b. is more heterogeneous. c. was a better class. d. had no grade higher than a 90.
For variables measured at the nominal level, measures of association will have a lower limit of and an upper limit of
a. 0, 100 b. – 1, +1 c. 0, 1 d. 1, 0
Discuss the three types of marriage as they have changed in the trend toward deinstitutionalization. Name and describe each type of marital pattern, and identify the time in which it was most prominent in the United States.
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