According to the Text, the Original Study of Battered Women

question 13

Multiple Choice

According to the text, the original study of battered women by Dr. Walker was criticized for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT:

• A) not all women in her sample experienced all the hypothesized stages of the cycle of abuse.
• B) a comparison group of non-battered women was absent from her study.
• C) the experimenters who collected the data knew about the study hypotheses and could inadvertently influence the results.
• D) the sample in her study was too small.

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