A common social center for working-class Palestinian Americans is the__________
A) neighborhood bar
B) local coffeehouse
C) corner grocery store
D) parish church
Answer: B
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a. Because of the diversity of skills required, discrimination on the basis of ascribed characteristics is shortsighted and may not result in the best match b. It does not make sense to cut off potential buyers because of race, religion, or some other irrelevant factor when you want to make a profit c. Focusing on the local selling area means favoring employees who have the ascribed characteristics that are shared by the majority group in that area d. Geographic and social mobility are required to achieve the best match of person and a job, and ascribed status would be limit this
When two groups are compared in impact program evaluation, one of the following is NOT correct:
a. one group serves as the experimental group and the other serves as the comparison group. b. a single group serves as the experimental group and also serves as the comparison group. c. all groups are tested at the end of the program and the scores added and divided by the number of participants. d. a counterfactual is evidence of what would have happened to participants if they were not in the program.
Suppose we observed that the more firefighters there were at a fire site, the greater the amount of fire damage. Suppose we also observed that the size of the fire was related to both the amount of damage and the number of firefighters present. The relationship between numbers of firefighters and the amount of fire damage illustrates that:
a. the relationship between the two variables is causal. b. the number of firefighters causes the damage. c. the relationship between firefighters and the amount of damage is spurious. d. the number of firefighters at a fire may cause the amount of damage. e. the amount of damage at a fire causes firefighters to appear at the fire.
According to Tocqueville, which of the following is the MOST important advantage of democracy over aristocracy?
a. misguided legislation can be easily corrected b. it serves the most people c. it keeps people occupied d. commonality between leaders and the masses