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Dr. Chen creates a standardized test to measure students’ sociological knowledge. If students receive similar scores when taking the test multiple times, the test has high:

A researcher wants to ensure her survey results represent the entire population. Which sampling method should she use?

Which theoretical perspective would be most concerned with how media ownership concentration limits the diversity of viewpoints in public discourse and reinforces dominant ideologies?

Elena studies how the Kuuk Thaayorre language of Australia uses absolute directions (north, south, east, west) rather than relative terms (left, right). She finds that speakers of this language perform better on spatial orientation tasks than English speakers. This finding provides evidence for:

The empirical framework in sociology is characterized by:

A theory that attempts to explain social inequality across different societies would be classified as:

Which statement best reflects a sociological perspective?

From a structural-functionalist perspective, which of the following is a manifest function of higher education?

Which type of field research typically requires the longest time commitment from researchers?

Which of these topics represents a micro-level sociological concern?