What Makes Sociology Different? (From the Rules of Sociological Method)

question 25

Multiple Choice

What Makes Sociology Different? (from The Rules of Sociological Method) ÉMILE DURKHEIM
-According to Durkheim, a social fact is:

• A) a statistic about a country, state, city, or other organization
• B) any social construction created by people
• C) as compulsory to individuals as the law or legal decisions reached by a court
• D) a characteristic or fact about society, rather than about individuals

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Definitions:

Homemade Leverage

A strategy where investors adjust the amount of leverage in their own portfolios by borrowing or lending money to replicate corporate financial leverage.

Capital Structure

This term relates to the way a corporation finances its operations and growth by using different sources of funds, such as debt, equity, and hybrid securities.

Debt-Equity Ratio

A measure of a company's financial leverage calculated by dividing its total liabilities by shareholders' equity, indicating the extent to which debt is used to finance the company's assets.