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Help me study for my Social Science class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.
On the basis of your readings, address the following questions:
- How did the authors study the correlation between drugs, alcohol, and crime? What sampling techniques were used to identify subjects for this study?
- What were the authors’ findings and conclusions? How did the sampling methods impact the generalizability of the study? How did this article improve your knowledge of drugs, alcohol, and crime?
- Identify two issues with the methodology that might limit the use of this study to direct public policy concerning drugs and crime.
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The authors, who were the researchers, in this case, used secondary they obtained from
the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF)/ Arrestee Drug and Alcohol Monitoring (ADAM) system,
property crimes for that period, as well as the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, to conduct their
research (Martin et al., 2004). The researchers decided to focus on males because there was
abundant criminal data on men compared to women. This form of sampling is referred to as
purposive sampling, where the researchers choose a representative sample that meets all the
requirements of the research study. They then created...
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