Class, race, and gender are
a. special social structures, with a long history and protected by various institutions in society.
b. unique social structures in that, although they have an effect on society, they do not significantly affect the individual.
c. social structures like all others, without special qualities.
d. not really social structures.
A
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Factors that may cause workers to involuntarily loss their jobs include all of the following except
A. their skills become obsolete. B. the improvement of robots. C. corporations sending jobs overseas to increase profits. D. the reduction in the work ethic of workers currently entering the workforce.
If two variables to be included in an index are perfectly correlated, they should both be dropped
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Samuel's major campaign promise: If elected, he will make sure all pet stores carry only organic pet food and conflict-free toys.
a. He is a centrist candidate b. He is both a centrist and a noncentrist candidate c. He has a better chance of becoming part of the government in a country that uses proportional representation than in the United States. d. He has a better chance of becoming part of the government in the United States than in a country that uses proportional representation.
Moses is working on a kibbutz in Israel where all the members have the same standard of living and they equally divide the profits from the citrus crop that is the primary source of income for the community. This kibbutz is an example of which type of economic system?
A. communism B. informal economy C. laissez-faire capitalism D. contemporary capitalism