Professor Scott Conducts Research on Teenage Risk-Taking Behavior

question 59

Multiple Choice

Professor Scott conducts research on teenage risk-taking behavior.He would like to develop a hypothesis on the parental influence on teenage risk-taking at the extreme end of the spectrum,with a focus on teenagers who sail around the world alone.Would a case study be an appropriate first step,and why or why not?

• A)Yes,because Professor Scott already knows that parents are the driving influence behind teenage circumnavigation.
• B)No,because it will not generate a sufficient amount of data to be tested statistically.
• C)Yes,because teenagers who sail around the world alone are rare and the data will help generate new,or possibly falsify existing,hypotheses.
• D)No,because case studies are too idiosyncratic and lack scientific rigor.

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