The Process of Profiling

question 35

Multiple Choice

The process of profiling:

• A) Increases individual privacy.
• B) Decreases individual privacy.
• C) Has no effect on individual privacy.
• D) Is illegal in more than half of the states.
• E) Is legal but unethical.

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Definitions:

Operational Definition

A clear, precise criteria for measuring a variable or concept within an experiment, ensuring that the variable is quantifiable and the experiment replicable.

Empirically Tested

Evaluated or tested based on observations or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Experimental Method

A scientific approach to research in which an investigator manipulates one or more variables to determine their effect on a certain outcome.

Cause-and-Effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect).