The AFL-CIO, for example, wants you to know how different your pay is from those of the corporate executives whose decisions affect your life so much. Let's see how how your income compares to the CEO of Bell South by going to the Executive Paywatch website . Click on The CEO and You and then Executive Paywatch Database . Scroll down and click on Bell South to see how much its CEO earns. Click on Show Me and find out how many years you would have to work to equal his salary.
Most students here pursue a degree at least in part to get a better job, to raise their income.
Sociology can't tell you that, but sociological data can tell us if there is a relationship between class and reported happiness. Let's look at a website that allows us to analyze data online to find out. Under Select an Action , click the button by Frequences or Crosstabulation, then Start. In the form you are presented with, type in happy for the row variable and class for the column variable. Click on the boxes to the left of Column Percentaging, Statistics, and Question Text .