Paul Willis used a qualitative research strategy to answer the question:
A. How do school authorities "push out" high school students who have low scores on standardized tests?
B. Why is there a higher drop-out rate among young men than among young women?
C. Which schools have a high drop-out rate and what are the organizational characteristics of those schools?
D. What problems do young men without secondary diplomas face in the labor market?
E. How do young men of working class origin end up failing in secondary school?
E
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Which of the following statements, if true, is most likely to strengthen Carl's argument? A) Research indicates that single people are happier than individuals who are engaged or married. B) Studies show that individuals not involved in any kind of romantic relationship are at a greater risk of using drugs. C) Research indicates that people with a large social circle exhibited self-destructive behavior. D) Married couples often suffer from chronic stress which results in a weak immune system.
Who coined the term sociology to describe a new way of looking at society?
A. Karl Marx B. Auguste Comte C. Thomas Hobbes D. John Locke
Marital therapists often ask their clients to ________ the number of daily compliments they give their partners in a week.
A. triple B. double C. maintain D. reduce by half
________ is a hallmark of contemporary corrections and is regarded as the gold standard by which correctional programs and services are evaluated today.
A. Correctional econometrics B. Restorative justice C. Evidence-based corrections D. Specific deterrence