Jacob Developed a Pure Model of the "College Student

question 9

Multiple Choice

Jacob developed a pure model of the "college student." He identified several characteristics that make up this picture of a hypothetical student. Next, he examined many college students and compared them to his idealized model. He discovered that students at private colleges fit the model better than students at public colleges. He also learned that women fit the model better than men and that the model fits students from small towns better than those from large cities, suburbs, or rural areas. He used

• A) successive approximation.
• B) domain analysis.
• C) ideal type analysis.
• D) illustrative method.

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