​Prospective and Retrospective Studies Are Both Considered

question 110

Multiple Choice

​Prospective and retrospective studies are both considered:

• A) ​experimental studies.
• B) ​longitudinal studies.
• C) ​clinical trials.
• D) ​correlational studies.

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Definitions:

Number of Victimizations

The count or tally of instances in which individuals or entities are harmed or affected adversely, typically used in criminological and sociological research.

Scatterplots

A graph in which two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlations.

Regression Equation

An equation that represents the relation between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables, used to predict the dependent variable.

Intercept

The point where a line crosses the y-axis in a graph, indicating the value of the dependent variable when the independent variable is zero.