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
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
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
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