In labeling samples according to race, is it better to use the label the individual employs or the generic label used by the society at that particular time? (Remember that race is a socially constructed label.) What is the impact on science of using labels based on social norms?

What will be an ideal response?


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Sociology

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Women and sexual minorities are more likely than heterosexual men to __________.

A) engage in hookup culture B) be perpetrators of sexual assault C) experience harassment D) support patriarchy

Sociology

If Lily finds that all 10 items are logically related to one another, her next step is to

a. use that relationship to determine which are the better indicators. b. use that relationship to throw out the better indicators. c. use that relationship in order to add more indicators. d. externally validate those items. e. analyze the scores for those items.

Sociology

Bureaucracies are characterized by all except which of the following features?

a. Nepotism B. Impersonality C. Hierarchical authority D. Division of labor

Sociology

A researcher describes the man as the head of the household in a "man and wife" couple. Such statements are examples of the problem of ____

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Sociology