Category: Sociology

What sociological causes and explanations have been linked to this problem? Keep in mind the various theoretical perspectives.What social factors (structural, cultural, interactional, political, etc.) contribute to the existence of the problem?

Crime

What sociological causes and explanations have been linked to this problem? Keep in mind the various theoretical perspectives.

What social factors (structural, cultural, interactional, political, etc.) contribute to the existence of the problem?

What do sociologists or other experts believe may be potential solutions to this problem?

 

How does public policy differ? How might it impact institutions in society: law enforcement, prisons, education, communities, the environment, etc.

Think of something that is currently classified as illegal in the United States. Now, consider what would happen if that was no longer illegal. What are the possible consequences? Be creative and don’t take the easy way out. For example, marijuana is not the best example here as many states are taking steps to legalize or decriminalize marijuana usage. Be sure you include research to support your posts. For example, what do other countries do?

How does public policy differ? How might it impact institutions in society: law enforcement, prisons, education, communities, the environment, etc. Your paper should address how this change might impact individuals based on their race, class, and/or gender.

 

 Explain the complex links between individual experiences and broader institutional forces. Use your sociological imagination to connect everyday life.

Compare and contrast structural functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. 150-200 words and be backed up by at least one academically credible reference from peer-reviewed journal articles.

Select one social institution (religion, education, government, etc). Find 3 peer-reviewed journal articles (different journals) that address issues faced by the social institution you selected.

Identify the research method and data collection method used by each article.

Identify the subfield of sociology represented each article and describe the empirical findings.

Define your selected social institution comprehensively and describe several statuses, roles, groups that make up the social institution. Use concepts such as minority and majority groups, SES, age, gender, etc. 10-150 words. Cite all references used.

Explain the complex links between individual experiences and broader institutional forces. Use your sociological imagination to connect everyday life.

Explain how the forces attributed to your social institution affect everyday life experiences.

200-250 words and be backed up by at least one academically credible reference from peer-reviewed journal articles.

 Analyze the event from a functionalist perspective, drawing on relevant course concepts. Analyze the event from a symbolic interactionist perspective.

Include an introductory paragraph. This is a good place to provide background on the event itself before diving into your analysis.

Analyze the event from a functionalist perspective, drawing on relevant course concepts.

Analyze the event from a conflict theory perspective.

Analyze the event from a feminist perspective.

Analyze the event from a symbolic interactionist perspective.

 

Discuss and analyze how Harford County’s Agriculture/Food Apparatus, including farmers and local government, lead nationally in innovative strategies that mitigate climate change and provide healthy food to the local population.

Rooted in Agriculture

Discuss and analyze how Harford County’s Agriculture/Food Apparatus, including farmers and local government, lead nationally in innovative strategies that mitigate climate change and provide healthy food to the local population.

What’s the trade-off between certainty and confidence intervals?With a sample of 35 observations, what degrees of freedom would we have?

Answer the Following questions

Researchers often choose to reject the null hypothesis when there is less than a 5% likelihood of observing a given pattern in the data if the null hypothesis is true. They select 5% because
It’s a rule handed down by Isaac Newton
It’s the established scientific norm
It’s the absolute best way of establishing the truth

What’s the trade-off between certainty and confidence intervals?
If you want to be more certain of your estimate, your confidence interval will be smaller

If you want to be more certain of your estimate, there must not be a confidence interval

If you want to be more certain of your estimate, your confidence interval will be larger

Which of these polls might suffer from selection bias?
A survey of Rutgers students that randomly selects students from the Dean’s registry of all students

A survey of Rutgers Sociology students that randomly selects students enrolled in a Sociology course this year

A survey of Rutgers students that randomly selects fans attending a Rutgers football game.When your sample is below ____ observations, you should check closely for outliers.
a. 15
b. 30
c. 45
d. 100

The t-distribution, relative to the normal distribution, has tails that are:
a. fatter
b. narrower
c. cooler

The degrees of freedom in the t-distribution determines
a. the total probability under the curve
b. the size of your sample
c. the contours of the bell shape

With a sample of 35 observations, what degrees of freedom would we have?

As the degrees of freedom increase, the t-distribution…
a. becomes indistinguishable from the normal distribution
b. gets wider
c. stops working

If your sample size is 10 and you want to calculate a 90% confidence interval, what is your critical t-value?

If your sample size is 20 and you want to calculate a 95% confidence interval, what is your critical t-value?

If your sample size is 30 and you want to calculate a 99% confidence interval, what is your critical t-value?

The average height of 507 adults is 171.1 cm with a standard deviation of 9.4 cm. What is the standard error?

If you wanted to create a 95% confidence interval for the mean from the previous question, what would the critical t-value be?