Fantanella did a content analysis of letters to the editor. She counted the number of times that the words "disagree" and "agree" appeared, but she also coded the underlying message of the letters as being positive or negative. Coding the underlying meaning of the letters is known as coding the

a. ideal types.
b. manifest content.
c. nonobvious meaning.
d. latent content.
e. words


D

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Hochschild (1989) used the term "second shift" to refer to:

a. the second degree a wife pursues after her BA degree b. the domestic work that employed women do after they get home from their job c. the fact that in second marriages, relationships tend to shift into being more egalitarian d. the wife is more likely to shift to more day care for the second than for her first child

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The term serial marriage suggests that Americans tend to:

a. think that marriage is sacred. b. equate marriage with self-gratification. c. date a number of partners before marrying. d. marry, divorce, and remarry.

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Mills’s original concept of power elite includes all of the following areas except

A. the economy. B. the military. C. the government. D. the courts.

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In which type of voting system does the candidate with the most votes win the office?

A. direct system B. rational system C. plurality voting D. proportional representation

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