When a sociologist uses a questionnaire to ask people what they believe is good, bad, moral, immoral, desirable, or undesirable, it is possible to have big discrepencies between what the people say and what they actually do. However, the results will still be a valid indicator of their __________.

A. values
B. policies
C. choices
D. consensus


Answer: A

Sociology

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The t score is your sample's mean minus the __________ divided by the __________

A) sample size; variance of the distribution of means B) sample size minus 1; standard deviation of the distribution of means C) population mean; standard deviation of the distribution of means D) population median; variance of the distribution of means

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In contemporary pro-democracy movements around the world, which strategy used by a government to suppress movements would be most effective?

A. show of force B. threat of violence C. mass arrests and incarceration D. limitation of Internet access

Sociology

Choose a topic of contemporary relevance that interests you. Create a simple research question about the topic, choose an appropriate research method, and discuss any possible data collection and ethical issues that may arise.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The psychological effects of colonialism on the colonized is a central concern of Franz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. 2. Franz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth draws on Emile Durkheim to show the importance of religious rituals to colonial subjects. 3. Franz Fanon, like Karl Marx, prioritizes class divisions to underscore the relationship between oppressed and oppressor. 4. Postcolonial theorists argue that Western knowledge oversimplifies the distinction between the European world and the rest of the world. 5. For Edward Said, discourse is a form of power.

Sociology