A social scientist who conducts research on youth violence after first volunteering in an organization dealing with at-risk youth may be said to have ______ motivations.

A. policy
B. academic
C. personal
D. egotistic


C. personal

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Regression, as described in Chapter 11, allows us to quantify the impact of one variable on another with the __________

a. standard deviation b. slope c. skew d. symmetry

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One researcher gathered a small sample from high school students from one school and generalized his results to the entire high school body of that school. Depending on the quality of the sample, the ______ may be compromised.

A. cross-population generalizability B. sample reliability C. sample generalizability D. internal validity

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Many police agencies today are abolishing specialized investigative units and creating general investigative units within each command area. This is an example of ________ in investigative units.

A. functional changes B. procedural changes C. administrative changes D. structural changes

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Which of the following would be most appropriately classed as ethnic terrorists?

a. Al Qaeda b. Hamas c. Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) d. Islamic Jihad Union

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