DrBarnes Is Interested in the Sexual Behavior of Middle-Aged Adults

question 145

Multiple Choice

Dr.Barnes is interested in the sexual behavior of middle-aged adults.She goes to a large corporation and collects data on all clerical workers who meet this criterion.Dr.Barnes calls her study "The Sexual Behavior of Middle-Aged American Workers." Dr.Barnes could be criticized on the grounds that

• A)she has not followed standard ethical guidelines satisfactorily.
• B)the findings are not based on a representative sample.
• C)experimentation would have been a better methodology for this study.
• D)her study suffers from ethnocentrism.

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