In Sherman and Berk's (1984) Study of the Effect of Arrest

question 11

Multiple Choice

In Sherman and Berk's (1984) study of the effect of arrest on future domestic violence, police officers determined which subjects would be arrested based on random selection, made while officers were responding to actual calls for domestic disturbances. Their study is a good example of:

• A) A double-blind study
• B) A quasi-experimental design
• C) A field experiment
• D) The use of matching in group assignment
• E) A Solomon Four Group design

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