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Social Science Clinic => Law and Politics => Topic started by: lak on Aug 17, 2018
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When collecting postmortem blood samples for alcohol determination, why is it best to collect a number of blood samples from different body sites?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2
Existing documents or statistics research is ____________.
a. a method that involves the collection and reanalysis of existing quantitative data
b. a nonreactive method used to examine the content, or information and symbols, contained in written documents or other communication media
c. the unobtrusive collection of data that have usually been left behind by others
d. a method that uses a written questionnaire or formal interview to gather quantitative data on the backgrounds, behaviors, beliefs, or attitudes of a large number of people or agencies
e. a method in which the researcher engages the natural environment of their subjects and strives for an up close, personal, and highly detailed understanding of the research subjects' culture.
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Answer to Question 1
It is best to collect a number of blood samples from different body sites because alcohol may be generated in a deceased individual as a result of bacterial action. Blood-alcohol levels attributed solely to alcohol consumption should result in nearly similar results for all blood samples collected from the same person.
Answer to Question 2
A