“Joe the sociologist wants to understand how likely people are to be nice. He decides that as the temperature goes down, the more likely people are to be nice. He also decides that the later in the year it gets, the more likely people are to be nice. Finally, he decides that the closer to the weekend it is, the more likely people are to be nice. Which was the dependent variable?”

All of these are components of culture that you read about except:

The theorist who developed the concept of the sociological imagination is:

The sociologist who studied how the rise of Protestantism (specifically Calvinism) also aided in the rise of capitalism was: 

John believes that society is run by the wealthy. They hold all the important positions in society and they make sure that everything in society keeps them in the top positions in society. The laws protect them and defend them. Everyone else is always trying to wrestle power away from the wealthy, pushing the boundaries of society in order to attain the power denied to them. However, John often has a hard time explaining why society isn’t more unstable since he always describes it on the brink of revolution. This reflects a common weakness of what theoretical perspective?

Jolene, a very young child, hears her parents talking poorly about a group they refer to as “those people.” Jolene adopts this view and it largely influences perceptions, decisions, and actions that she makes for the rest of her life. This is most likely an example of: 

The theorist that was interested in studying suicide to show that even personal actions have a social influence was: 

True or False: The only goal of the sociological imagination is to understand social forces.

A data set consists of 100 amounts of annual income​ (dollars) and there are two outliers that are exceptionally high. Which measure of center appears to be​ best?

Identify the type of observational study​ (cross-sectional, retrospective, or​ prospective) described below. A research company uses a device to record the viewing habits of about 7500 ​households, and the data collected today will be used to determine the proportion of households tuned to a particular news program.