Exam 1: An Introduction to Analyzing Inequalities

A person who believes that the differences we see between African Americans and whites in the US are largely a result of social processes and structures, such as segregation, prejudice and discrimination, can be described as holding a(n) ____________ perspective on racial-ethnic differences.

In this situation described above, what is the researcher's dependent variable?

A researcher hypothesizes that, in the US, African American men tend to be more egalitarian in their beliefs about work and family compared to white men. He analyzes data from the GSS and finds support for this hypothesis. In this situation, what is the researcher's independent variable?

A researcher who is interested in beliefs about work and family arrangements 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 believe that "It is much better for everyone involved if the man is the achiever outside the home and the woman takes care of the home and family." This researcher is using respondents' gender as the:

A researcher is interested in how race-, gender-, and class-based statuses work together to structure individuals' personal income. In this situation, the researcher is using personal income as the:

According to Harnois' Analyzing Inequalities, social justice statistics are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

A researcher analyzed two variables from the General Social Survey, RINCOM06 (respondents' personal income) and DEGREE (respondents' highest degree), and found that higher levels of personal income are associated with higher levels of educational attainment. Based on this finding, the relationship between personal income and education is best described as having:

In arguing that race-, gender-, and class-based statuses work together to structure individuals' personal income. The researcher is emphasizing:

A researcher analyzes data from the General Social Survey and finds that individuals' with high personal incomes tend to be happier than individuals' with low personal incomes. He is not sure, however, whether it is happiness that increases the likelihood of individuals' financial well-being, whether financial well-being brings about greater happiness. The best way to describe the researcher's finding is:

In the above example, the beliefs about gendered family arrangements as the: