Analyzing Inequalities

A researcher who is interested in beliefs about gun control believes that men and women are likely to hold different views on the subject. Analyzing data from the General Social Survey, she finds that men are in fact much more likely to support the selling of semi-automatic weapons to the general public. This researcher is using the respondents' gender as the:

In the above example, the researcher is using support for selling semi-automatic weapons to the general public as the:

A researcher analyzed two variables from the General Social Survey, RINCOM06 (respondent's personal income) and HAPPY ("Taken all togeether, how would you say things are these days - would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?"), and found the higher levels of personal income are associated with higher levels of personal happiness. Based on this finding, the relationship between personal income and happiness is best described as having:

A person who believes that men and women are inherently different, so much so that men, by nature are not able to car for others as much as women can, can be describe as holding a(n) __________ perspective on gender differences.

A person who believes the differences we see between men and women in the U.S. Are largely the result of social processes, such as socialization and gendered social institutions, can be described as holding a(n) ____________ perspective on gender differences

A researcher is interested in how race, gender, and class based statuses work together to influence individuals' perceptions of social inequality. In this situation, the researcher is using perception of social inequality as the:

The theoretical perspective that most closely aligns with the above research question is:

Which of the following is true of social statistics and survey research?

Analyzing statistical data, a research team finds that at times when people eat a lot of ice cream, the number of deaths by drowning also tends to increase. The team releases a press release stating that eating ice cream increases the likelihood of death by drowning. In this situation, the researcher is using ice cream consumption as the:

A critic of the study argues there is no direct relationship ice cream consumption and death by drowning, but rather that the summer season is really at the root of this relationship. In warmer months, people are more likely to eat ice cream and also more likely to swim, and thus more likely to die by drowning. According to the above study's critic, the relationship between ice cream consumption and death by drowning is best described as: