Simister and Cooper Decided to Find Out If There Is

question 239

Multiple Choice

Simister and Cooper decided to find out if there is a relationship between crime and the weather.They obtained data on temperatures and criminal activity in Los Angeles over a four-year period.When they graphed air temperature and the frequency of aggravated assaults, they found that assaults and temperatures rise and fall more or less in parallel.Simister and Cooper conducted a(n) __________ study.

• A) naturalistic observation
• B) statistical inventory
• C) correlational
• D) experimental

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Definitions:

Trimester

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Lateral Hypothalamus

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Aphagic

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