Professor King Examined All the Reasons Given by 50 Couples

question 67

Multiple Choice

Professor King examined all the reasons given by 50 couples for their marriages.In the final research report,King listed all the reasons given by the 100 people for their marriages.Professor King is

• A)seeking a probabilistic explanation for marriage.
• B)using a nomothetic explanation for marriage.
• C)using an idiographic explanation for marriage.
• D)committing the error of suppressed evidence.
• E)did not seek informed consent in his research.

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