Jane wants to analyze student dropout rates in Brazil and to compare modern and historical dropout rates. Jane decided to contact the Brazilian Ministry of Education to attain this data. By using existing data that has already been collected in other studies, Jane will be using ______.
A. content analysis
B. secondary analysis
C. quantitative analysis
D. qualitative analysis
Answer: B
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a. by creating conflict b. by establishing rigid and complementary patterns of interaction c. by projecting part of their unresolved conflicts onto one or more of their children d. all of the above
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a. the multiplication of likelihood b. the mathematics of likelihood c. the mathematics of multiplication d. the mathematics of probability
To Auguste Comte, who is often called the first sociologist, the family is
a. the least important institution in society. b. necessary in traditional society, but not in modern society. c. important, but the basic unit of society remains the individual. d. the basic unit of society.