What is one sociological explanation for why African Americans are overrepresented in many professional sports?
A. African Americans have genetic advantages over Whites.
B. African American males are discouraged from improving their athletic abilities and told to focus on education.
C. African American athletes are less likely to graduate from college than White athletes.
D. Social conditions channel a disproportionate number of athletically talented African Americans into sports.
D. Social conditions channel a disproportionate number of athletically talented African Americans into sports.
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a. a cultural resistance against assimilation with the dominant group b. an attempt of the African people to come to full self-determination c. a movement against White and Eurocentric intellectual interpretations d. a separatist view of history and culture that distorts past and present
Under what condition might we use proportions rather than means as the test statistic?
a. when sample size is very small b. when sample size is very large c. when the variable of interest is only interval-ratio in level of measurement d. when the variable of interest is only nominal in level of measurement
Organizations established by interest groups for the purpose of raising and distributing funds to political candidates are called ____
a. political parties b. political action committees c. formal organizations d. corporations e. employee associations
Which type of culture is more likely to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as directly as possible?
- A "low-context" culture - A "high-context" culture - A collectivist culture - A transactional culture