The Criteria Used by a Social Class System to Stratify

question 39

Multiple Choice

The criteria used by a social class system to stratify its members include

• A) power, heredity, and employment status.
• B) wealth, occupational attainment, and gender.
• C) property, power, and prestige.
• D) gender, race, and ethnicity.

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Definitions:

Experimental Methods

Research techniques that involve the manipulation of variables to study cause and effect relationships.

Causal Conclusions

Refers to determinations or inferences about the causes of certain events or behaviors, suggesting a relationship between variables where one affects the other.

Reliable

The quality of being consistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted.

Valid

The degree to which a theory, outcome, or assessment is solidly based and probably mirrors the actual world accurately.