You Are Looking Over the Courses That Are Offered at Your

question 113

Multiple Choice

You are looking over the courses that are offered at your school and you see a class called "The Sociology of Media and Popular Culture." You don't think you need this course,because you listen to lots of music,watch a wide variety of television,and often go to the movies.What would a sociologist tell you?

• A) You are a specialist in mass media.
• B) You should try to watch media from other cultures if you really want to understand popular culture.
• C) You should take classes in film studies instead.
• D) You only have "reciped," or practical, knowledge.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis, thus indicating that the observed data are highly unlikely under the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can vary in the calculation of a statistic, often linked to the sample size.

Significance Level

The significance level, often denoted as alpha, is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, representing the risk of a type I error.