Many Sociologists Argue That Large Numbers of Americans Are Dissatisfied

question 50

Multiple Choice

Many sociologists argue that large numbers of Americans are dissatisfied with the U.S.political system today because

• A) the capitalist economies have failed to generate sufficient wealth compared with other economic systems.
• B) the United States has a worse record of civil rights abuse than most underdeveloped states.
• C) even though capitalist economies have proved to generate more wealth than any other type of economic system,that wealth is unevenly distributed.
• D) more people are unemployed today than ever before in the United States.

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Definitions:

Proportion

The fraction of a whole that represents a part of the population or dataset, often expressed as a percentage or decimal.

Observations

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Mean, Median, Mode

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Sample Size

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