Harold got up early and cleaned and polished his motorcycle, while Fabienne packed a picnic lunch. Their destination was a park on a lake about 50 miles away, where they would meet some friends who also liked to ride motorcycles on weekends. They soon got underway, driving safely on the highway at the speed limit and enjoying the trip while they listened to National Public Radio. About halfway to their destination, Harold and Fabienne were overtaken by a speeding clump of about 10 motorcycles ridden by people with swastikas on the backs of their jackets. Several of the group appeared to be completely nude under their jackets, which was legal in their state due to an anachronistic law that said you could not disrobe outdoors, but that did not address the situation where you were already

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated schools did which of the following?

A. violated the Fourteenth Amendment B. denied citizens equal protection C. were Constitutional as long as they were equal D. A & B

Professor Kent is very interested in investigating whether the parenting styles of single fathers and single mothers differ with respect to modeling of sex roles for children. Professor Kent has recently become a single father of two young children. Is this a researchable and feasible question?

a. This is not researchable because Professor Kent is not likely to be value-free. b. This is a researchable question because it is answerable through research and feasible if Kent can gain access to the population and find time and money to support the study. c. This is not a researchable question because it is not possible to design a way to study this in the real world and it is not feasible because it is unlikely that parents would let researchers have access to this data. d. This is a researchable question because many people have already investigated this topic and it is feasible because single parents are usually eager to participate in research. e. This is a researchable question because a sampling frame does exist of single parent mothers and fathers in the United States.

Which sociological perspective is more likely to study the media's influence on society from the micro level to determine how social behavior is shaped?

A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. feminist perspective

What does the formula ? (M-GM)2/ dfBetween provide?

A) The protected t score for any given pair of means B) The between-group sum of squared deviations C) The estimated variance of the distribution of means D) The within-group estimate of the population variance