In Widom's Study of the Effects of Child Abuse and Its

question 35

Multiple Choice

In Widom's study of the effects of child abuse and its impact upon later criminal offenses, she selected a sample of children with court records of being abuse victims and gathered a comparison group that were matched on gender, race, age and socioeconomic status. The technique used in this case was ____.

• A) individual matching
• B) aggregate matching
• C) randomization
• D) probabilistic aggregation

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