The ecological fallacy refers to
a. using inappropriate units of analysis.
b. making inferences about individuals from data about aggregates.
c. the continuity of availability.
d. using secondary data that is unreliable or invalid.
e. falsely analyzing data.
b
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Van says that his 48-year-old Catholic uncle will marry his 23-year-old atheist girlfriend next year in order to prove that the social regularity that people tend to marry people like themselves is not accurate. What is your best response as a methodologist?
a. The objection that social regularities could be upset through the conscious will of the actors is not a serious challenge to social science b. Van's uncle is simply an exception to the rule c. This regularity is too trivial to be meaningful d. We need to develop a measure for "marry people like themselves" e. It's a mistake that Van's uncle may regret in the future
Labeling theory points out that there is much variability to how others may respond to a given act as deviant, including all of the following EXCEPT
a. variation over time. b. who commits the act and who feels they have been harmed by it. c. when there is enough evidence to warrant an investigation. d. only if the act results in certain consequences deemed serious.
Until recently matriarchal societies have not been widely noted or discussed in the social sciences. Why not?
a. Sociologists agree that matriarchal societies have never existed. b. Matriarchal societies existed prior to Christianity, but there are not contemporary matriarchal societies. c. The identification of matriarchal societies has been obscured by the application of Western ideas about power. d. There is no interest in matriarchal power within the social sciences.
A ________ is typically an event that is forever life-altering, and that requires significant social and psychological adjustment
A) perennial event B) recurrent life event C) life change event D) adjustment event