Which of the following would most clearly be an illustration of predictive research?
a. a study whose goal is to assess the amount of child abuse in a particular
community
b. a study whose goal is to determine why some teenagers are more likely than
others to abuse alcohol or drugs
c. a study whose goal is to project how many children will suffer from
malnourishment if funding for some social program is reduced
d. a study designed with a practical outcome in mind and with the assumption that
some group or society will gain some benefit from it
ANS: C
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