Based on sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies' perspective, most people in _____ societies are "strangers" who perceive that they have very little in common with most people. Consequently, self-interest dominates, and little consensus exists regarding values
a. Gemeinschaftb. organic solidarity
c. Gesellschaft d. mechanical solidarity
c
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Which of the following is true of family structures in the first English-speaking settlements in the United States?
A) Elderly grandparents always lived with their families. B) Most households were made up of extended families for long periods. C) The age difference between children was often large. D) Families generally had one or two children.
Dr. Gore believes that people who live in regions that have been impacted by multiple, severe storms or related natural disasters like flooding are more likely to report that climate change is serious concern to them than are people who live in regions that have not been impacted. Using National Weather Service data on storm severity, she categorizes people as living in regions impacted by at least one such storm in the five years or no such storms and then looks at the percentage of people who rate climate change as a serious concern based on where they live. In this example, what is the dependent variable?
A. The number of storms B. Whether people see climate change as a serious concern C. Whether people live in a region impacted by one or more severe storms D. The total number of people surveyed
The world's population at the time of the Agricultural (Neolithic) Revolution was approximately
a. 4 million. b. 40 million. c. 400 million. d. 4 billion.
In a factorial design, a “cell” is
A) each combination of levels of the variables. B) the combination of different levels of one variable, ignoring any other variables. C) a study with a single two-level variable. D) the same thing as a main effect.