Jane Addams was an early advocate of applied sociology. As a result, she did not just do research, she also:
A. tried to address the problems she researched through hands-on activity in the communities that she researched.
B. reported illegal activities to the proper authorities.
C. wrote extensively on the communities that she researched.
D. compared the communities that she studied to communities from others cultures.
E. examined the hstorical origins of the phenomena that she researched.
Answer: A. tried to address the problems she researched through hands-on activity in the communities that she researched.
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