Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because_____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because____________?

   A. the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution
   B. they lead more people to be defined as in poverty
   C. the median is a more accurate measurement of earnings than the mean
   D. all of the above

2. Extreme poverty is often defined as living on less than US$1 per day how has extreme poverty changed between 1981 and 2004 ?

   A. stayed the same around 1.5 billion people
   B. rose from 1.5 billion people to 3 billion
   C. fell form 1.5 billion people to 1 billion
   D. rose from 1.5 billion people to 2.5 billion

3. A mean, median and mode are all examples of_______________?

   A. measures of variation
   B. measures of central tendency
   C. measures of enumeration
   D. measures of correlation
   E. measures of coefficients

4. Which of these ethnic groups has the greatest proportion of households below 60 per cent of median income ?

   A. Whites
   B. Indians
   C. Black Caribbean’s
   D. Bangladeshis

5. Bernstein though that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because_____________?

   A. this pattern of speech made them the target of bullying
   B. they referred to explicit context independent meanings
   C. they prevented children from communicating outside of their peer groups
   D. they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

6. Women have been excluded from the public sphere because_____________?

   A. industrial capitalism separated the middle-class home from the workplace
   B. those who enter paid employments have been sidelined into particular fields
   C. it is difficult to succeed in malestream politics without compromising their femininity
   D. all of the above

7. According to Davis (1995) women may seek cosmetic surgery because_____________?

   A. they have a deep-rooted sense of ineffectiveness and are striving for control
   B. they are in pursuit of the perfect body fueled by images of beauty
   C. they perceive a part of their body as stigmatizing in relation to a cultural ideal
   D. their male partners pressurize them to look like supermodels

8. Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant because_____________?

   A. sociologists like to put a value on different theories
   B. knowledge refers to people and their values
   C. theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values
   D. attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable

9. Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because_____________?

   A. the findings are amenable to statistical analysis
   B. it is conducted over a period of several years
   C. it uncovers rich detailed accounts from an insider’s perspective
   D. it compares findings from a number of different cases

10. Society cannot be studied in the same way as the natural world because_____________?

    A. human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures
    B. it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory
    C. sociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach
    D. we cannot collect empirical data about social life