Which of the Following Statements About Reputational Measures of Social

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about reputational measures of social class is false?

• A) The reputational approach for measuring social class requires selected community informants to make judgments concerning the social class membership of others within the community, rather than themselves.
• B) Occupational status is based on reputational measures of prestige.
• C) Sociologists have employed the reputational approach to obtain a better understanding of the specific class structures of communities under study.
• D) Reputational measures of social class are used extensively by researchers and marketers due to their practicality.

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Definitions:

Fallacy

A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments or logical errors.

Fallacy Of Composition

The erroneous belief that what is true for the individual is necessarily true for the group as a whole.

Economic Relationships

Connections or associations between economic variables that show how changes in one can affect changes in another.

Post Hoc

Short for "post hoc ergo propter hoc," a logical fallacy implying that because one event follows another, the first event was the cause of the second.