A Graduate Student Utilized Differential Association Theory in Her Research

question 8

Essay

A graduate student utilized differential association theory in her research and examined an independent variable of personal beliefs favorable to committing crime on the dependent variable of self-reported crime. She found that this was not the case for all individual's that self-reported crime and she chose to refine her hypotheses and develop a new study. Describe what type of research she could engage in to use her data to develop new theoretical constructs. Then explain how this is representative of the research circle.

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