Which of the following statements best reflects the findings of a 1990s survey conducted by people for the american way regarding the state of race relations in america? a) "as a reporter, i think the media is doing everything possible to effectively address race relations."b) "i think that i've got a healthier attitude toward race relations than my mom and dad."c) "yes, as a white person, i feel very comfortable dealing with members of other racial groups."d) "speaking on behalf of african americans, i can say that almost 80% of us have become comfortable with dealing with members of other racial groups.

the answer is:

a. a closed question always has yes or no​ answers, whereas an open question is a​ free-response question.

representative sample

sociologists study the world, observe a predicament or interesting design, and set out to investigate it. they use investigation methods to design a study possibly a comprehensive, detailed and precise, by using experimental method for directing research and gathering data.

to study the characteristics of the whole population, sociologist prefers to obtain the sample which is the finite part of a demographic population whose characteristics are analyzed to obtain data from statistics.

when administering with population, it can be described as a set of respondents picked from a larger population for the goal of a survey. a population could be a group of objects, people, or articles from which samples are obtained for computation of the whole population which is the aim of the sociological study.