A Researcher Studies How Students Who Drop Out of High

question 59

Multiple Choice

A researcher studies how students who drop out of high school experienced high school. She found that it was common for such students to report that they felt like they had little control of their destiny. Her report that this lack of control was an invariant part of the students' experiences suggests that lack of control is _______ of the "flunking out" experience.

• A) A narrative
• B) A grounded theory
• C) An essence
• D) A probabilistic cause

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