Which Methodological Feature Was the Hallmark of Early Ecological Studies

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which methodological feature was the hallmark of early ecological studies based in the Chicago School of Sociology (e.g., Park & Burgess, 1925; Shaw & McKay, 1942) ?

• A) ethnography
• B) multivariate statistics
• C) mapping
• D) focus groups

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