Compared to an industrial society, a postindustrial society is based on ________

a. an information-based economy.
b. a factory-based economy.
c. an immigrant labor force.
d. a less productive economy.


Answer: a

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Work not reported to the Internal Revenue Service is known as the ________ economy

a. underground b. insourced c. thrifty d. illegal

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Distinguish between a social group and a social category

What will be an ideal response?

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Explain the basic questions that sociologists as they attempt to understand social change across different societies

What will be an ideal response?

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Use Figure 3.2 to answer the question. The variable FEIMP is best described as a(n)

The variable FEIMP was included in the 1983 and 1996 surveys, and records respondents’ answers to the question “How important is the women's rights issue to you?”
Figure 3.2


a. Categorical variable
b. Nominal-level variable
c. Ordinal variable
d. Interval-ratio variable

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