Many economists believe that technology will be developed and adopted most readily if it:

a. is simple and easily understood by users
b. benefits the domination of society by a group of elites
c. increases productivity with the same amount of, or less, labor
d. has many uses rather than one narrow use


c. increases productivity with the same amount of, or less, labor

Sociology

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According to Bowles and Gintis, even among those who had graduated from high school in the early 1960s, children of families earning less than __________ per year were over six times as likely NOT to attend college as were the children of families

earning over $15,000. a. $1,000 b. $2,000 c. $3,000 d. $5,000

Sociology

Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Random assignment is what differentiates true experiments from quasi, natural and pre-experimental design. 2. Randomization cannot be used to control for confounds. 3. Researchers should be able to know all possible confounds before conducting an experiment. 4. True randomization means at least one side – either the researcher or the subject – has control over the groups. 5. A “blind” subject in an experiment does not know the group they were assigned to nor the reason why they were assigned to that group.

Sociology

Mythopoetic men argue that modern men experience emotional emptiness related to yearning to be close to their fathers.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Sociology

When individual practitioners and whole agencies are called upon to prove that their performance is productive and valuable.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology