Over the last two decades,
a. polluting industries have contributed huge sums to congressional campaigns in order to slow down pollution-control efforts.
b. Congress has passed no new environmental protection legislation.
c. corporations have been reluctant to move into southern and southwestern states because of stringent pollution controls there.
d. the EPA has vigorously enforced air quality standards.
Mayda wants to learn more about battered women who live in shelters with their children. After Mayda obtained permission to conduct her research at the local shelter, she began to make observations. This is an example of a(n) __________.
A) experiment
B) survey
C) field study
D) case studies
Since the 1990s, the rape rate in the United States has __________.
A) increased
B) decreased
C) remained the same
D) fluctuated wildly
According to the __________, the poor act as they do because, unlike middle-class people, they do not have the same opportunities to attend good schools or to obtain good jobs.
A) culture of poverty
B) social structure of poverty
C) containment theory
D) control theory
Temporaries (temps)
a. usually have more control over their jobs because they are independent from the companies where they work.
b. generally earn higher hourly wages than full-time workers earn, although they usually work fewer hours.
c. often work full-time for the same business for years.
d. are a declining part of the work force.
Although many children who were sexually abused become prostitutes, not all sexually abused children enter this profession. As such, the relationship between sexual abuse and prostitution involves __________.
A) segregation
B) correlation
C) normalizing
D) professionalization
Lou is a researcher who wants to understand the physical abuse of prisoners at a local jail. Lou gets a job at the jail as a security guard. Lou secretly records his observations without revealing that he is a researcher.
Lou's observations are __________.
A) overt
B) covert
C) structured
D) unstructured
Just because two things happen at the same time does not necessarily mean that one of them caused the other one to occur. The axiom that explains this statement is __________.
A) correlation does not equal causation
B) measure twice, be certain
C) consent is not given if it is not informed
D) always triangulate sources
Phoebe is conducting a study on youth violence that occurs in suburban playgrounds. She watches and listens to what is taking place and records the actions and statements that the youth make. This is an example of __________.
A) observation
B) interviews
C) questionnaires
D) documents
According to the __________, poor people have different values than the middle class, and this is why they act as they do.
A) culture of poverty
B) social structure of poverty
C) containment theory
D) control theory
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