The miller family is building a new house, so they have to get involved in decisions such as plumbing fixtures, flooring, and appliances. they don't really know much about these products and they don't care to know much about them. however, for these purchases they do get involved by visiting show rooms, searching the internet, and looking at other sources of information. which type of involvement does this represent?

Ethnicity is used to distinguish between groups based on cultural elements, but according to the information presented in the lecture (blank) would encompass the details about a person like the shape of his or her features.

Wich characteristics make the long ballot ineffective

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject. a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher. wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners. acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.