Sociologists Often Use the Term______________to Refer to a Combined Measure

question 125

Multiple Choice

Sociologists often use the term______________to refer to a combined measure that attempts to classify individuals,families,or households in terms of factors such as income,occupation,and education to determine class location.

• A)power status
• B)socioeconomic status
• C)prestige status
• D)wealth status

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Definitions:

Behavioral

Pertaining to or involving actions and responses observable in living organisms, particularly in humans and animals.

Strongest Possible Manipulations

In experimental design, the most intense level of manipulation applied to an independent variable to maximize the detection of an effect.

Ceiling Effects

occur when an assessment instrument reaches its upper limit, leading to a clustering of scores at the high end and failing to distinguish between high-performing individuals.

Floor Effects

A limitation in research where a lower boundary prevents the measurement of lower performance, often resulting in skewed distributions where many scores pile up at the low end.