A researcher who draws conclusions about individual-level processes from group-level data is constructing an ecological fallacy.

A) TRUE
B) FALSE


A) TRUE

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The movement from a medical model of corrections to a justice model signaled the death of rehabilitation programs. 2. Prison officials support programming because it prevents inmates from being idle and keeps them out of trouble. 3. The medical model does not acknowledge the existence of any of the external factors associated with criminality. 4. Rehabilitation is based on the medical model. 5. The majority of rehabilitative programming in prisons is based on cognitive-behavioral principles.

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After operationalization of concepts has concluded, researchers then work with ______.

a. conceptual definitions b. ratios c. variables d. attributes

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Which of the following is not a source of funding for terrorist organizations?

A. Charitable organizations. B. Drug smuggling. C. Arms smuggling. D. None of the answers is correct.

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Diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, this offender was believed to be delusional when he bombed government office buildings in Oslo, Norway, killing eight and then traveling to the island of Otoya where he attacked a youth summer camp killing 69

a. Joachim Kroll b. Richard Doney c. Gerhard Schroeder d. Anders Breivik

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