Bivariate and multivariate analyses are aimed primarily at explanation

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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According to structural functionalists, social problems occur when some part of the structure or culture of a society fails to work properly

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Compare and contrast parental responses to their sons playing with Barbie dolls and their sons playing with baby dolls.

What will be an ideal response?

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In 2000, the modal category for the variable FECHLD among men was ____ and the modal category among women was ____.

Figure 7.1

A team of researchers is interested to know whether beliefs about working mothers are related to respondents’ gender, and how these beliefs have changed over recent years. They make a cross-tab of FECHLD by YEAR, using SEX as a control variable. The variable FECHLD corresponds to the survey question, “Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it… A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work.”

a. disagree; agree
b. agree; agree
c. disagree; strongly agree
d. agree; strongly agree

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Regina wants to study the homeless in her hometown. In order to do so, she lives at a homeless shelter for a month. During this time, she does everything that the women she is studying do and tells no one of her true identity. This method is

A. participant observation. B. an experiment. C. ethnography. D. face-to-face interview.

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