Tommy implemented a change in the method of reading instruction in his third grade classroom in order to improve students' performance on state assessment tests. The change in students' performance on state assessment tests is a(n)
a. cost-benefit analysis.
b. social intervention.
c. logistical issue.
d. response variable.
e. control variable
D
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Max Weber saw the Industrial Revolution as one expression of what larger historical process?
A. the rationalization of society B. increasing workplace alienation C. increasing social inequality D. globalization
In a study comparing the U.S. with five European countries, Appelbaum and Schmitt found that nursing assistants are more likely to be counted among the ranks of low-wage workers in the United States than in the other five countries. The researchers found that, as a general rule, the United States
a. places high value on quality health services. b. invests heavily in training. c. believes that some health care-related tasks can be done with minimal training. d. has the world's most efficient medical system.
A judge and her gavel. A cop and his gun. A lawyer and her power suit. A ____ would be most concerned with the parts these objects play in impression management.
a. Conflict theorist
b. Functionalist
c. Symbolic interactionist
d. Feminist
You are a corporate advertising executive. You want your message to get out to as many mainstream Americans as possible. Which of the following approaches would best accomplish this goal?
a. Purchase ad space in a Broadway Playbill. b. Come up with a clever ad for the Super Bowl. c. Donate money to Occupy Wall Street. d. Sponsor a tattoo and body-piercing convention.