Margaret received a phone call from an interviewer at the local survey research center. The interviewer asked her to participate

Margaret asked how they got her name. The interviewer told her that her name was picked by chance from the local phone book. Evidently Margaret had the same chance of being included in the study as did the other residents of her community having telephones. This name of this type of sampling procedure is:
A) uniform sample
B) representative sample
C) random sample
D) purposive


C

Sociology

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The gender pay gap is larger for black and Latina women than white or Asian women. This illustrates which of the following contentions of feminist theories of gender and sexuality?

A. Gender, race, and social class intersect to form a hierarchical stratification system that shapes people's experiences and behavior. B. Men assert their power and control through rape, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, and other violent acts. C. Women often experience harsher sanctions than men for workplace offenses. D. Sex is increasingly commercialized. E. Women's subordination includes their daily vulnerability to male violence.

Sociology

Among cultures that permit people to have more than one spouse, women having more than one husband is equally as common as men having more than one wife

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

The _______ theoretical approach operates on the micro-level of analysis

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Sociology

The dramaturgical approach is

A. a view of social interaction in which people are seen as theatrical performers. B. the process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life. C. a framework developed by George Herbert Mead. D. a phrase used to emphasize that the self is the product of our social interaction with others.

Sociology