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
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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
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
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.
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