Do grumpy old men have a greater risk of having coronary heart disease than men who aren’t so grumpy? harvard medical school researchers examined this question in a prospective observational study reported in the november 1994 issue of circulation (kawachi et al., 1994). for 7 years, the researchers studied men between the ages of 46 and 90. all study participants completed a survey of anger symptoms at the beginning of the study period. among 199 men who had no anger symptoms, there were 8 cases of coronary

Below is a digram of a hypothetical bill. which of the following must be the missing legislative step in the diagram?

The conflict perspective explains deviance in terms of power and inequality. select the best answer from the choices provided true or false

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.