If researchers want to examine the opinions of people listed in a city directory, they might use a computer to randomly select names from the directory. This selection would constitute a ________.

A. scale
B. random sample
C. control variable
D. quota sample


Answer: B

Sociology

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Rani is a Hindu and believes in the three gods: Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu. Rani would be considered to be a(n) ________.

A) monotheist B) atheist C) agnostic D) polytheist

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In 2014, the average household income for whites was _________ the average for black households

a. slightly less than b. about equal to c. slightly more than d. about twice

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In the first century A.D., Pliny's Natural History listed all of the following birth control methods EXCEPT:

a. putting a chastity belt on women. b. jumping up and down to expel semen. c. primitive suppositories and tampons. d. potions to be taken orally.

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Excluding the nonvalid response categories the variable DEMTODAY has _____ valid response categories.

A researcher is interested to know whether people of different class backgrounds tend to hold different ideas about democracy. He creates Figure 5.1, where CLASS is a variable that indicates respondents’ sense of themselves as lower-class, working-class, middle-class, or upper-class. DEMTODAY is a variable corresponding to the question “On the whole, on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is very poorly and 10 is very well. How well does democracy work in America today?”

a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12

Sociology