While evaluating a research report, Dr. Childs focused on the issue of research design. Which of the following questions would be the least useful for evaluating the design?
a. What was the unit of analysis?
b. Is the study cross-sectional or longitudinal?
c. What population does the researcher want to draw conclusions about?
d. Was the purpose of the study exploration, description, or a combination of these?
e. All of the above would be helpful questions for evaluating the design.
c
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a. they are politically ruled by states b. many of their members lived in towns and cities c. they have craft specialization, writing, and record keeping 3 d. they have monumental architecture e. all of these
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a. become significantly more unequal. b. become significantly more equal. c. stayed about the same. d. changed-to give the middle fifth of the population a significantly larger share.
State marriage contracts require husbands to:
a. support their wives. b. accommodate their in-laws. c. give their wives companionship. d. legally adopt their stepchildren.
Since the 1960s, cocaine has become
a) broadly used across racial and socioeconomic groups. b) the most common drug taken by inner city African Americans. c) the substance of choice for blue-collar whites. d) a symbol of wealth or status, mostly used by affluent whites.