A Researcher Is Conducting a Study Examining Residents' Attitudes Toward

question 44

Multiple Choice

A researcher is conducting a study examining residents' attitudes toward police. During data collection, news emerges that many police officers were involved in corruption. This is an issue of ______.

• A) testing
• B) maturation
• C) external event
• D) subject attrition

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Definitions:

Professionalism

The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or professional person; it often includes expertise, ethics, and dedication.

Passive Sentence

A sentence construction where the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb, often obscuring who is performing the action.

Complex Sentence

A sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause, conveying more detailed or nuanced information.

Compound-Complex Sentence

A sentence that combines at least one dependent clause with two or more independent clauses.