Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Since researchers cannot always conduct true experiments, one must control for spurious relationships.
2. A partial cross-tabulation table examines the relationship among three variables to control for spurious relationships.
3. To use the multiple regression equation, the dependent variables and all of the independent variables have to be measured at the interval or ratio level.
4. In order to compare the effects of two or more independent variables on a dependent variable, the beta weight would be the proper statistic to use.
5. If one variable has a partial correlation coefficient of -2.98 and another has a partial correlation coefficient of 1.01, the 1.01 would have the strongest relationship with the dependent variable.
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False
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a. spurious relationship b. reductionism c. tautology d. teleology e. ecological fallacy
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a. cell attacks b. lone wolf attacks c. network attacks d. virtual attacks
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Merton delineated five modes of deviant adaptation. 2. Murray argued that poverty was the fault of the individual. 3. There is consistent empirical evidence that exposure to strain increases the likelihood of criminal offending. 4. U.S. social institutions are arranged to be subservient to and supportive of the economy. 5. Taming and counteracting the American Dream will be easy to do.
The focus of the positivist view of criminality is on the crime
Indicate whether the statement is true or false