After Reading the Newspaper Article Reporting the Standardized Testing Scores

question 79

Multiple Choice

After reading the newspaper article reporting the standardized testing scores of various schools throughout the city,Sam asserted that the teachers in school A should all be fired because of the low results.Darlene asked Sam if he ever considered that school A was located in the poorest section of the city with one of the highest proportions of English as Second Language students.What was Darlene arguing?

• A) explanatory pluralism
• B) multiple causation
• C) randomization of causality
• D) incomprehensible causation

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Definitions:

Social Inequality

A condition where societal resources, opportunities, and privileges are distributed unequally among people in a society.

Living Standards

The level of wealth, comfort, material goods, and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class or geographic area.

Worker Autonomy

The degree to which employees have the freedom, independence, and discretion in scheduling their work and determining the procedures carried out in their jobs.

Technological Determinism

The theory that a society's technology drives the development of its social structure and cultural values.