A Team of Sociologists, Political Scientists, and Other Scholars Examined

question 22

Multiple Choice

A team of sociologists, political scientists, and other scholars examined the political and social events leading up to a riot in a large city, in an effort to prevent such riots in the future. This is an example of

• A) retrospective research.
• B) a case study.
• C) prospective research.
• D) a correlational design.
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Variability

The amount of dispersion of scores about some central value.

Pearson Product-moment

A correlation coefficient that measures the linear correlation between two variables, indicating the strength and direction of their relationship.

Correlation Coefficient

An index of how strongly two variables are related to each other.

Alternate Forms Reliability

A measure of reliability obtained by administering different versions of an assessment tool to the same group of individuals.