To the sociologist, beliefs are deviant insofar as they are empirically, scientifically, and objectively wrong.

a. true
b. false


Answer: b. false

Sociology

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The colony at Jamestown depended heavily on this Indian tribe for survival its first year

A) Powhatans B) Cayugas C) Mohawks D) Oneidas

Sociology

Irving lives under the freeway in a makeshift tent. He has a health issue but cannot afford care, and scavenging enough food to get by on each day is an enormous challenge. Irving lives in which type of poverty?

A. Objective B. Absolute C. Critical D. Subjective

Sociology

Students in poor and minority neighborhoods have access to the same levels of education as students who are part of the middle class and live in wealthy neighborhoods.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology

Carson, a race and ethnicity sociologist, has a hypothesis; he believes that black students achieve lower grades at community colleges. To test this hypothesis, Carson puts the name of 11 nearby community colleges into a hat and draws 3 of them at equal chance. He then contacts these three schools and examines the GPA averages for Black students. Carson utilized a:

A) Nonrepresentative sample B) Random sample C) Stratified sample D) Representative sample

Sociology