What does the decile ratio measure?
a. The distance between income groups in the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent
b. The income of the United States divided into five equal segments
c. The income inequality of a country on a scale ranging from zero to one
d. The percentage of the nation's total income held by the top ten percent of the population
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a. Recommended both patients for further diagnostic testing for heart disease b. Recommended the black patient for further diagnostic testing for heart disease but not the white patient c. Recommended the white patient for further diagnostic testing for heart disease but not the black patient d. Did not recommend further diagnostic testing for either patient
__________ is a desire for the drug even when the craving is over
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Which statement about inequality in the U.S. education system is correct?
A. Equalizing opportunities has failed to remedy inequalities in performance. B. American schools are now more racially segregated by race and by class than was the case in the 1980s. C. Segregation is no longer associated with inequality. D. Funding is relatively unimportant when trying to reduce inequality in schools.
Compare and contrast the three explanations of mental illness: medical model, deviance, and problems in living. Which of the basic explanations of mental illness seems most accurate to you, and why?
What will be an ideal response?