Van Says That His 48-Year-Old Catholic Uncle Will Marry His

question 38

Multiple Choice

Van says that his 48-year-old Catholic uncle will marry his 23-year-old atheist girlfriend next year in order to prove that the social regularity that people tend to marry people like themselves is not accurate.What is your best response as a methodologist?

• A)The objection that social regularities could be upset through the conscious will of the actors is not a serious challenge to social science
• B)Van's uncle is simply an exception to the rule
• C)This regularity is too trivial to be meaningful
• D)We need to develop a measure for "marry people like themselves"
• E)It's a mistake that Van's uncle may regret in the future

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