The minority group is in a subordinate position in terms of wealth, power, and prestige, while a majority group is in the dominant position on those dimensions. This definition of group categories comes from sociologist ______.

A. Karl Marx
B. Max Weber
C. Émile Durkheim
D. Herbert Spencer


Answer: B

Sociology

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According to the author of the text, the key distinction between cohabitation and marriage has to do with the __________

a. greater commitment involved in marriage b. smoother transition to a family household that tends to come with cohabitation c. nicer housing that tends to come with marriage d. better cooperation involved in cohabitation

Sociology

American teachers tend to give their pupils _______

A. Praise for good work B. Constructive criticism C. Empty praise D. A chance to critique their peers

Sociology

Which group does more cooking and cleaning?

a. Hispanic men b. black women c. Hispanic women d. white women

Sociology

Suppose you are interested in testing whether the mean earning of men in the General Social Survey is representative of the earning of the entire U.S. male population. If there are 372 men in the General Social Survey sample and approximately 128 million men in the population, calculate the degrees of freedom for this single-sample ttest.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology