Explain the paper bag test.

What will be an ideal response?


According to folklore, elite African Americans used a “paper bag” test to screen guests atsocial events and to determine eligibility for membership in their organizations: Anyonewhose skin was darker than the color of the bag was excluded.

Sociology

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The rate at which a population grows is known as the:

a. crude birth rate b. crude death rate c. rate of natural increase d. rate of natural decline

Sociology

A study is done with a sample of one person. The general population (Population 2 ) has a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 5. The cutoff Z score for significance in this study is a Z of 1.96. The raw score of the sample person is 45

What should you conclude? What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

A consequence of remarriage, which has a higher divorce rate than first marriages, is an emerging trend of a. redivorce. b. legal separation

c. serial monogamy. d. overall divorce decline.

Sociology

In 1890, ______% of all African American men were employed in two occupational categories.

A. 15 B. 47 C. 85 D. 98

Sociology