Sam Ravich has a wife and four children. All of his life he has worked at jobs that paid minimal wages. However hard he tries, he never seems to have enough money to buy things that other Americans would see as providing a comfortable lifestyle. Which of the following terms would sociologists use to describe the Ravich family?
a. lower class
b. marginal working class
c. working class
d. working poor
D
Sociology
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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_____ crime is a business operation that supplies illegal goods and services for profit
a. Organized
b. Political
c. Corporate
d. Occupational
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The variable that is hypothesized to cause or influence another variable is referred to by social scientists as a(n)
A. operational variable. B. spurious variable. C. dependent variable. D. independent variable.
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