In a Campaign Debate Over the Level of Prosperity in the State

question 3

Multiple Choice

In a campaign debate over the level of prosperity in the state, the incumbent governor says: "average income is $53,000." His opponent responds "the average citizen earns only $38,000." Both statements are true. This is possible because________.

• A) the governor is citing the median.
• B) the opponent is using the mode.
• C) the opponent is using the mean.
• D) the governor is using the mean.

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Definitions:

Norms and Values

Socially shared rules and expectations that guide behavior within a group, alongside the fundamental beliefs and ideals that bring a community together.

Social Structures

Patterns of organized relationships and social institutions that together compose society, guiding and constraining individual behaviors.

Sociological Perspectives

Different ways of viewing and understanding society and its complex interactions, including structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.

Authority and Subordination

The dynamic between those in positions of power and those who are subject to that power.