Social Statistics for a Diverse Society
Eighth Edition
SAGE Journal Articles
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Article 1
- Review Table 3, p.301. What conclusions can you draw about downward mobility of African Americans and white workers in 1990? (Use percentages.)
Article 2
- How do people feel and how do they react when confronted with an uncivil action by a stranger in a common-place situation? Discuss this question based on the evidence presented in Phillips and Smith in Tables 2 through 4. Use percentage comparison in your discussion.
Article 3
- How did the authors of the following article test for multicollinearity?
- What intervening variables did they use to test for interaction effects?
- This article is unique in that it contains an end section on how the findings can be specifically applied to public policy. What is the importance of having this section in this particular article? How can it be used to inform public policy?