A Valid Criticism of the Functionalist and Neoclassical Economic Perspective

question 32

Multiple Choice

A valid criticism of the functionalist and neoclassical economic perspective is that______________.

• A)the problems inherent in traditional gender roles are given too much prominence in this approach.
• B)these models fail to critically assess the structures of society that make educational and occupational opportunities more available to some than to others.
• C)these approaches place too much emphasis on the underlying power relations between men and women.
• D)these approaches overemphasize the differences between women and men without taking into account the commonalities.

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Definitions:

Type II Error

A statistical error that occurs when one fails to reject a false null hypothesis.

Alpha

In statistics, alpha represents the level of significance, the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, commonly set at 0.05 or 5%.

Beta

In statistics, it often refers to the probability of making a Type II error, or in finance, a measure of how much a stock's price could move in relation to the market.

Type II Error

A statistical error that occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected, implying that a true effect is missed.