Participating in sports
a. increases the likelihood that one will drop out of college.
b. does not affect social mobility any more than not participating in sports does.
c. does increase the likelihood of improving one's place in the stratification system.
d. has no affect on achievement or earnings.
e. has not been studied in regards to social mobility.
C
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For a 99% confidence interval, you use the Z scores for the middle 99% of the normal curve, which comes out to:
A) +1.64 and –1.64 B) +2.58 and –2.58 C) +3.04 and –3.04 D) +1.58 and –1.58
Exploratory research a. is research which seeks to provide a picture of how "the land lies" on a particularsocial issue
b. tends to be deductive using pre-existing theories to decide what kinds of data should be collected. c. is analysis that results in the interpretation of action or representation of meanings inthe researcher's own words. d. is ground breaking research on a relatively unstudied topic or in a new area. e. generally includes theory-testing.
Which of the following is not a weakness of functionalist theory of stratification?
a. Functionalism fails to recognize that many people's contributions are inconsistent with their rewards. b. Functionalism assumes that all people in all societies will be motivated to compete in order to acquire more of the scarce desirables. c. Functionalism ignores the barriers of competition faced by some members of society. d. Functionalism is not consistent with American cultural values. e. Functionalism does not acknowledge the inheritance of social class level.
Anti-Semitism among Americans has been shown to be inversely related to:
a. education levels. b. income categories. c. occupational status. d. political participation.