According to research by robert fogel, people in britain grew taller because of:
a. genetics. however this increase in height had no effect on productivity.
b. genetics. this increase in height is associated with higher productivity.
c. higher caloric intake. however, this increase in height had no effect on productivity.
d) higher caloric intake. this increase in height is associated with higher productivity.

Which of these was not a key difference between northern and southern states at the constitutional convention? wanting to protect states’ interests vs. a government with strict rules having more, larger cities vs. having fewer, smaller cities wanting to protect agriculture vs. protect industries having many enslaved people vs. using less enslaved labor

Which action best represents the policy of appeasement followed by britain and france prior to the start of world war ii? (a)allowing hitler to annex the sudetenland as part of the munich agreement (b)signing the nazi-soviet pact binding hitler and stalin to peaceful relations (c)sending troops to fight with the liberals during the spanish civil war (d)forbidding the sale of arms to any nation at war

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.