Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Social mobility is defined as the extent to which people move up or down in the class system, in a single generation.
2. A common way to measure intergenerational mobility is to compare the occupations of fathers and their sons and daughters.
3. Studies of intergenerational social mobility have largely focused on men.
4. Upward mobility has declined and downward mobility has increased.
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is TRUE?
A) An example of an unbiased estimate is the variance of a sample; a typical biased estimate is the researcher's initial expectation prior to sampling. B) There is only one biased estimate (i.e., the researcher's expected findings); there are several unbiased estimates. C) A biased estimate is preferred to an unbiased estimate when the population is not normally distributed. D) A sample's variance is a biased estimate of the population's variance, but a slight change in the variance formula gives an unbiased estimate.
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a. what is the problem b. what are the characteristics of those who have the problem c. what will the staffing pattern include d. what is the spatial and geographic distribution of potential clients
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