If the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) states that the robbery rate is 50, what does it mean?
a. There are .05 robberies per person.
b. There are 50 robberies per 10,000 people.
c. There are 50 robberies per 100,000 people.
d. Robberies constitute approximately 50 percent of the reported crimes in the
United States.
Answer: C
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a. A curriculum with more physical education courses for boys than for girls b. A plan that raises the minimum wage c. Promotion based on more experience and more successful sales d. The fact that girls generally score better than boys on tests of verbal ability
According to Max Weber, one feature of rational social organization is that ________
a. formal organizations become smaller. b. self-discipline becomes unimportant. c. formal organizations become larger. d. technical competence becomes unimportant.
Rebellious craft workers in nineteenth-century England who destroyed new factory machinery as part of their resistance to the new Industrial Revolution were known as
A. Shakers. B. Luddites. C. Amish. D. Rappites.
Consumption has been made possible by the growing affluence of consumers.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)