During a Tour of the County Jail, Sally Observed a High

question 54

Multiple Choice

During a tour of the county jail, Sally observed a high percentage of the inmates were African Americans and Hispanics. Sally asked her professor and the prison official escorting the class a series of questions to explain this overrepresentation of minorities. For every answer they provided Sally had another question. This form of circular inquiry that asks questions and questions answers is called ________.

• A) secondary analysis
• B) ethnomethodology
• C) dramaturgical analysis
• D) sociological thinking

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Definitions:

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