An example of unobtrusive data collection is

a. an interview with college freshmen to determine why they selected a particular school.
b. a laboratory experiment designed to determine whether people really prefer Pepsi or Coke.
c. a researcher examining files of students who completed college 25 years ago.
d. a researcher who joins a fraternity to understand its rituals.
e. a mailed survey designed to discern students' attitudes toward a planned change in the school's calendar..


C

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The ___________ perspective holds that conflict between parents is responsible for the lowered well-being of children of divorce

a. life stress b. economic hardship c. interparental conflict d. parental adjustment

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Research on the link between smoking and cancer:

a. has always been uncertain, with scientific evidence pointing in various directions b. was established as early as 1939 and by the 1960s there was no scientific doubt c. appeared to be well established in the 1980s, but recent research raises new doubts d. is impossible to establish, just as the connection between TV viewing and violence is also impossible to establish with any scientific certainty

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Immigrant minority groups are involuntary participants in the host society.

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

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