Deck 2: The Family, Culture, and Society

Question 1

Which of the following statements is NOT supported by the results in Chapter Two:

A)African-Americans are less likely than whites to be currently married.
B)African-Americans are less likely than whites to have ever been married.
C)African-Americans are less likely than whites to plan to be married someday.
D)All of the above are supported by the results in Chapter Two.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to the results in Chapter Two, the relationship between race and having ever been married

A)is totally explained by differences in income between blacks and whites.
B)is partially explained by differences in income between blacks and whites.
C)is not affected by differences in income between blacks and whites.
D)none of the above - such comparisons cannot be made statistically.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Most of the single-parents in the General Social Survey

A)are widows.
B)are divorced or separated.
C)have never been married.
D)equally divided between those who are divorced and those who have never been married.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following statements is supported by the results in Chapter Two?

A)Blacks are more likely than whites to be single-parents.
B)Whites are more likely than blacks to have lived with both parents at age 16.
C)The relationship between race and being a single-parent is statistically significant even when differences in income are controlled.
D)All of the above.

Question 5

Single-parents who ___________________ are the most likely to have lower incomes.

A)are widowed
B)are divorced or separated
C)have never married
D)all of the above are equally likely to have low incomes.

Question 6

In the ExplorIt software, what statistic should you check to see if the differences you observe in a table are statistically significant?

A)the correlation coefficient
B)Chi-Square
C)the Probability
D)all of the above

Question 7

When using tabular statistics, researchers control for variations in the size of different subgroups by

A)only comparing columns with the same number of respondents.
B)comparing percentages.
C)calculating the probability statistic.
D)randomly dropping the respondents from the larger subgroups.

Question 8

In nearly half of the preindustrial societies studied in Chapter Two, the most common family structure was

A)the nuclear family.
B)the small extended family.
C)the large extended family.
D)none of the above

Question 9

Briefly summarize the relationship between race, marital status, and income.

Question 10

Knowing that the results reported in a table are statistically significant tells you that

A)the results are probably not just the result of random chance.
B)the hypothesis is automatically supported.
C)an increase in the independent variable will produce a corresponding increase in the dependent variable.
D)you can be 100 percent certain that your results are accurate.

Question 11

Some social researchers believe that the changes that have occurred in the family are signs
that the family is in decline. Others believe that today's families are neither worse nor better
than families in the past - they are just different. What do you believe? Write a paragraph
using results from the workbook to explain why you think the modern American family is, or
is not, in decline.

Question 12

According to the results using the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample, in about two-thirds of preindustrial societies

A)both the bride and the groom must consent to a marriage.
B)neither the bride nor the groom must consent to a marriage.
C)only the groom must consent to a marriage.
D)only the bride must consent to a marriage.

Question 13

In order to say that a hypothesis is supported two things must be true: the differences observed must be statistically significant and

A)the results must be evident through common sense.
B)the results must be consistent with previous research.
C)the results must be published.
D)the results must be consistent with the wording of the hypothesis.