Sociologists Have Found That Most of the Problems Faced by Households

question 24

Multiple Choice

Sociologists have found that most of the problems faced by households headed by women are primarily the result of:

• A) the absence of male authority figures.
• B) the threat of poverty that is connected with being a single mother.
• C) the psychological pressure of heading a household.
• D) excess media attention that creates the perception of a problem.

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Definitions:

Discriminant Validity

The extent to which a construct is truly distinct from other constructs by empirical standards, often assessed through its lack of correlation with unrelated constructs.

Convergent Validity

When a scale correlates with other scales measuring the same construct.

Face Validity

When scale items appear, at face value, to measure what they are supposed to measure.

Convergent Validity

The degree to which two measures that theoretically should be related are actually related.