Steven's College Has a Major Problem with Student Drinking on Campus

question 32

Multiple Choice

Steven's college has a major problem with student drinking on campus. He decided to study student drinking behavior by focusing on the factors that influence drinking behavior and the variables that predict that a student will engage heavy drinking. What type of research is he conducting?

• A) positivist social science
• B) interpretive social science
• C) critical social science
• D) All these answers are correct.

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