When a Researcher Decides to Represent Adolescent Risk Behaviors with Variables

question 6

Multiple Choice

When a researcher decides to represent adolescent risk behaviors with variables about illegal drug use and the use of tobacco products,he or she is

• A)moving from an abstract to a more concrete phase of the study.
• B)deciding to give up some precision by focusing only on two representations of risk behaviors.
• C)assuming that illegal drug use and tobacco use is only risky for adolescents.
• D)choosing risk behaviors that are universally agreed to be the most important.

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