Sociologist Elizabeth Higginbotham Points Out That African American Professional Women

question 103

True/False

Sociologist Elizabeth Higginbotham points out that African American professional women find themselves limited to employment in certain sectors of the labor market.Most are concentrated in the private sector,for example-in large corporations,major law firms,etc.

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

In research, this group is exposed to the intervention or treatment being tested, in contrast to the control group.

Homework

Assignments given to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class aimed at reinforcing learning.

Double-blind Studies

Research designs in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, reducing biases.

Placebo Effect

The phenomenon in which a person's condition appears to improve after taking a placebo, a treatment that has no therapeutic effect, due to the individual's belief in the treatment's efficacy.