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Lisaclaire

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If a researcher wanted to determine the amount of cocaine use in an inner-city area of Chicago, which type of study would he most likely use?
 
  a. police data
  b. in-person interviews
  c. self-report survey
  d. victimization survey

Question 2

Which of the following is a characteristic of directed observations of crime?
 
  a. has a fairly specific research or policy purpose
  b. focuses on a relatively small sample
  c. the expected incidents made observation an appropriate way to measure crime
  d. all of the above



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honnalora

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d




Lisaclaire

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Reply 2 on: Aug 13, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Excellent

 

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