Researchers of social mobility,including Peter Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan in the 1960s and William Sewell and Robert Hauser in the 1980s,have shown that:
A)educational attainment has a great deal to do with ultimate social status
B)the family's social status has little to do with social mobility
C)social position is not inherited, but solely achieved
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

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Researchers have shown that educational attainment plays a significant role in determining one's social status. This suggests that individuals from lower socio-economic statuses can achieve social mobility through education. The other options are not accurate as family social status and inherited position have both been shown to have an impact on social mobility.

Researchers of Social Mobility,including Peter Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan