Computation of a mean (or average) is completely justified when a variable is measured at which level?
a. interval-ratio
b. ordinal
c. nominal
d. empirical
a
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In the United States, when two people marry and have children they have choices about what last name to use for their children. Some couples may choose to use both of their last names to create a hyphenated version for their children, while others might use the woman's last name as a middle name and the father's last name as the child's last name. In the Hmong culture, the male is the head of the household. Children take on the father's last name and in families that still maintain the traditional culture, the newly married couple may even move in with the husband's family. In many respects, the Hmong woman has given up her family and is expected to be a part of her husband's kin. What accounts for the differences between the American and Hmong culture?
A. The United States has moved to a matriarchal society rather than the patriarchal one in the Hmong culture. B. Descent is bilateral in the United States, while it is patrilineal in the Hmong culture. C. Descent is bilateral in the United States and matrilineal in the Hmong culture. D. None of these answers is correct.
What is a reason for involuntary migration?
a. Removal from land by a majority group b. Avoid alienation from families c. Escape political persecution d. Attain religious freedom
Which of the following illustrates a latent function of education?
a. The transmission of knowledge b. Development of reading and writing skills c. A source of friends and potential mates d. The high cost of a college education
______ is a theory about gender and sexuality that draws on a social constructionist approach to gender theory, radical feminism, and postmodernism.
A. Queer theory B. Feminist theory C. Metanarrative theory D. LGBTQ+ theory