In terms of social mobility and sports, the textbook concludes that
a. minority athletes should not try out for collegiate sports.
b. there is no benefit to college students' participation in sports.
c. collegiate athletics are more beneficial for whites than for minority athletes.
d. no student should rely exclusively on sports for their future.
e. white athletes should rely on sports for their future careers.
Question 2What is Weber's term for the consequences of one's relationship to economic institutions, or the likelihood that one may secure the good things in life, such as housing, education, health, and food?
a. relationship to means of production
b. conspicuous location
c. life chances
d. equal opportunity
e. stratification
Question 3The average length a professional athlete's career is ____.
a. under one year
b. 1 to 7 years
c. at least 10 years
d. 10 to 15 years
e. more than 15 years
Question 4In contrast to Marx, Weber examined
a. the economic consequences of people's relationships to economic institutions.
b. the economic dimension as an independent variable.
c. the development of a single social class.
d. social stratification from an evolutionary perspective.
e. the economic system as the source of social classes.
Question 5The probability that a high school baseball player, will make it into the professional leagues is about ____.
a. .20 percent
b. 2 percent
c. 4 percent
d. 8 percent
e. 16 percent
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