William Robinson, a sociologist, found that during the 1930s there was a positive relationship between the literacy rate and percentage of the population that was foreign born. If you concluded on this basis that your neighbor, Yasmine, who is a foreign-born resident, has a higher literacy rate than other native-born residents, you would be committing the
a. individualistic fallacy.
b. ex post facto fallacy.
c. ecological fallacy.
d. part-whole fallacy.
e. ecological reductionism.
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) agreed-upon facts; interpretations of facts B) the sociological imagination; interest group norms C) the welfare state; policy evaluation D) stereotypes; claims-making
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A. one's own ethnic, racial, and religious groups. B. the group of people one meets at work. C. one's own family group. D. the state in which one lives.
Which famous sociologist referred to personal problems as the "personal troubles of milieu"?
A. Emile Durkheim B. Max Weber C. Robert Merton D. C. Wright Mills