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John Nathan, who grew up in a relatively affluent family and attended private schools, has just accepted a job in a public middle school in a low-income school district. Realizing that his own experiences may not have prepared him to be successful in this setting, John decides to spend time in the neighborhood observing young adolescents as they go about their lives: playing sports, running errands, and just hanging out. He discovers that these youngsters are in some ways very different from, and yet in other ways very similar to, the kids with whom he grew up. John's inquiry most closely resembles which one of the following?
 
  a. A correlational study
  b. A longitudinal study
  c. An ethnographic study
  d. A grounded theory study

Question 2

Three of the following are important considerations when reading about and evaluating developmental research. Which one is least important?
 
  a. Whether a researcher is affiliated with a large research university
  b. Whether a study was described in a well-respected professional journal
  c. Whether a study showed dramatic (rather than small) differences between groups
  d. Whether a researcher's pre-existing beliefs might have led to distortions or misinterpretations of the findings



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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