In an Effort to Determine the Social Class of a Group

question 99

Multiple Choice

In an effort to determine the social class of a group of people, Thomas asked group members which social class they believed they were in. Thomas had employed a(n) :

• A) objective measure.
• B) subjective measure.
• C) non-systematic measure.
• D) reputational measure.

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Definitions:

Causes

Factors or conditions that directly bring about an effect or change in another variable or event.

Crosstabulation

A method of tabulating data that allows for the comparison of two or more variables by creating a matrix that displays their interaction.

Categorical Variables

Variables that represent types or categories that data can fall into; they can be nominal (no specific order) or ordinal (with some order or ranking).

Quantitative Variables

Variables that are measurable and can be expressed numerically, representing counts or measurements.