The Best Predictor of Social Class in Western Cultures Is

question 24

Multiple Choice

The best predictor of social class in Western cultures is

• A) income.
• B) occupation.
• C) one's automobile.
• D) food consumption.
• E) advertising viewing.

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Definitions:

Measures Central Tendency

Statistics that describe the center of a data distribution, including mean, median, and mode.

Mean

The average value of a series of numbers, found by taking the sum of the numbers and dividing this sum by the quantity of numbers in the series.

Median

In a sequence of numbers sorted from lowest to highest, the median represents the number that lies at the midpoint.

Mode

The commonly encountered value within a series of data.