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Imagine you have the opportunity to do research on changing patterns of social mobility in the U.S. What specific question would you want to investigate, and how would you go about it?

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If I were to investigate social mobility in the U.S. and the changing patterns, I would want a representative sample of families who have multiple generations living in the United States, as well as those families with just one or two generations living in the United States. In looking at both types of families, I can then identify any patterns or trends that exist in ...

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