Martinez and Lee Used Available Data to Study the Connections

question 41

Essay

Martinez and Lee used available data to study the connections between violent crime and immigrants in Miami.Included in this available data were "homicide logs,",and decennial census reports.What do they think are the advantages of using this methodology? What are the disadvantages? What other approach might have been successful?

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Definitions:

Perception

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

Detection

The act or process of discovering or identifying the presence of a specific substance, condition, or characteristic.

Activation

In psychology, the process of stimulating an action or response by using a stimulus, often related to the arousal of some physiological or psychological activity.

Sensory Adaptation

The method through which sensory receptors decrease in sensitivity to unchanging stimuli as time progresses.