A Researcher Studies the Financial Records of Several Large Corporations

question 61

Multiple Choice

A researcher studies the financial records of several large corporations that went bankrupt during the Great Depression.Which research technique is he or she using?

• A)participant observation
• B)nonparticipant observation
• C)historical analysis
• D)backward analysis

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Definitions:

Studentized Residuals

Residuals in a statistical model that have been standardized by dividing by an estimate of their standard deviation.

Least-Squares Regression

A statistical method used to determine a line of best fit by minimizing the sum of the squares of the vertical distances of the points from the line.

Male Employee

A person identified as male working in a professional or occupational setting.

Studentized Residuals

Residuals divided by an estimate of their standard deviation, used in statistics to help identify outliers in a regression analysis.