Race/ethnicity and social class are often confounded. Explain why this creates a critical methodological issue in social science research.
What will be an ideal response?
This is a critical methodological issue because Black and Latinx people tend to be overrepresented among the poor and White people tend to be overrepresented among the middle class and wealthy, so it is often unclear whether differences between Black or Latinx and White Americans should be attributed to race/ethnicity, social class, or both. In general, research techniques have not been powerful enough to completely address this confound. Much of what seems to be ethnic group differences may have much to do with social class and economic differences as well.
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