The Coleman-Rainwater Approach to Understanding Class Structure

question 114

Multiple Choice

The Coleman-Rainwater approach to understanding class structure

• A) combined the objective with the self-placement methods of measuring class.
• B) is a simpler,though less descriptive method of determining social class.
• C) refined the reputational method of measuring social class.
• D) involves a somewhat unwieldy,but more descriptive approach to measuring social class by combining the self-placement and reputational approaches.

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