In Her Research for the Second Shift, Arlie Hochschild Interviewed

question 37

Multiple Choice

In her research for The Second Shift, Arlie Hochschild interviewed married couples to find out how they dealt with changing family roles as more women entered the workforce. What advantages came from her decision to use interviews as a research method?

• A) It allowed her to include a large group of people in the study.
• B) It ensured that the respondents were always honest and forthcoming about their family lives and marital roles.
• C) It allowed her to gather direct quotations and construct an intimate portrait of married couples.
• D) It created both a control group and an experimental group and allowed Hochschild to compare them.

Understand the sequential experimental procedures in transgenic experiments, including vector insertion and screening methods.

Differentiate between transformation and transfection based on the nature of host cells and recombinant DNA.

Recognize the utility of plasmids as vectors and their characteristics that facilitate genetic engineering.

Understand the construction and purpose of genomic and cDNA libraries and their applications in research.

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