One Criticism of Merton's Anomie Theory Is That It Relies

question 10

Multiple Choice

One criticism of Merton's anomie theory is that it relies too heavily upon:

• A) Marxian theory
• B) classical sociological theory
• C) official crime statistics
• D) self-report studies
• E) ethnomethodology

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Definitions:

Distribution

Refers to the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area.

F Statistic

A value calculated during an ANOVA test that determines if the means of several groups are all equal, used to test the null hypothesis.

F Distribution

A continuous probability distribution that arises in the testing of whether two population variances are equal and in the analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in an analysis without violating any constraints, influencing the flexibility of statistical calculations.