According to Shepard, which of the following statements best describes the relationships among the ...

According to Shepard, which of the following statements best describes the relationships among the economic, power, and prestige dimensions of stratification?
 
  a. Individuals who are low in the prestige dimension tend to be high on the others.
  b. Individuals who are high in the economic dimension tend to be low on the others.
  c. Individuals who are high in one dimension tend to be high on the other two.
  d. Individuals who are low in the power dimension tend to be high on the others.
  e. The three dimensions are unrelated.

Question 2

Which of the following is true in regards to gender in coaching and administration of women's athletics programs?
 
  a. There are more female coaches of women's intercollegiate teams than ever before.
  b. Today more than half of women's teams in the NCAA are coached by men.
  c. About 75 percent of administrative jobs in women's programs are held by women.
  d. Today almost all women's athletics programs are headed by a female administrator.
  e. Increased equality for female athletes has meant more coaches of women's teams are female.

Question 3

From a functionalist perspective, different cultures evaluate occupational prestige similarly because
 
  a. all societies share the same values and beliefs.
  b. certain occupations in all societies have greater access to resources than do others.
  c. occupations earn the same amounts of money in most cultures.
  d. culturally dissimilar societies must accomplish similar functions.
  e. the same methods are used in all societies to measure occupational prestige.

Question 4

In terms of professional sports for women,
 
  a. all sports have a women's professional league.
  b. there are women's professional leagues in basketball, volleyball, golf, and tennis.
  c. professional women athletes in the same sports earn the same salaries as men.
  d. while overall pay is unequal, at least the top prize money for the PGA and LPGA is the same.
  e. no professional female athletes have achieved national fame.

Question 5

According to the conflict perspective, why do different cultures evaluate occupational prestige similarly?
 
  a. All societies share the same values and beliefs.
  b. Certain occupations in all societies have greater access to resources than do others.
  c. Occupations earn the same amounts of money in most cultures.
  d. Culturally dissimilar societies must accomplish similar functions.
  e. The same methods are used in all societies to measure occupational prestige.

Question 6

Current application of Title IX favors
 
  a. matching the ratio of males and females in a school's athletic programs to their proportionate numbers in the student body of that school.
  b. matching males and females, one for one, on every sports team within a particular school.
  c. matching the ratio of men's and women's sports teams to their proportionate numbers in the student body of the school.
  d. leaving it up to individual schools to decide how to allocate access to athletics for men and women.
  e. having an equal number of men and women at every level of athletic programs, from players to administrators.