Chauncey determined that 50 percent of students at his school voted Republican in the last election, with a sampling error (also known as standard error) of 5 percent. What is the confidence interval for 95 percent confidence level?
a. 35 to 45 percent
b. 35 to 55 percent
c. 40 to 55 percent
d. 40 to 60 percent
e. 35 to 60 percent
D
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Conflict theorists would suggest that
a. people in poverty are poorly motivated. b. the problem of poverty can only be solved by reducing inequality. c. to reduce poverty, we should find more constructive ways to think about poor people individually. d. stigma has a profound effect upon those who are labeled.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" encouraged whites and Native Americans to share land and resources. 2. The decline in the number of Native American people between 1600 and 1850 is an indicator of discrimination against Native Americans. 3. The majority of Native Americans live on reservations. 4. Pan-Indian political movements are infinitely connected to the religious activity of Native Americans. 5. Many Native Americans have actively resisted sending their children to college.
Jeremy dropped out of school at 16 and has been supporting himself by working at a number landscaping jobs. These jobs are typically seasonal, low paying, and offer no benefits. According to Herbert Gans:
a. Jeremy is an example of function of poverty by subsidizing the lifestyles of the upper and middle class. b. Jeremy has an excellent chance at upward social mobility if he just works hard enough. c. Jeremy is participating in a "functional alternative" which is strengthening society. d. Jeremy suffers from equality of opportunity.
According to labeling theory, the act of labeling a person or group deviant may cause society to suffer in which of the following ways?
A. Labeling causes those who are labeled to avoid deviance, thereby deterring them. B. The labeled may accept the definition of themselves as deviant and increase their deviance as a result. C. The labeling has no effect because of the pro-criminal self-concepts of those labeled. D. The labeling causes those who are labeled to become an important, powerful, political force.