Suppose you wanted to determine whether the use of marijuana causes car accidents. consider the major limitations and merits of using each of the following research methods with the correct research method: an experiment, a naturalistic observation, a survey, and a case study. which of these research methods has the following merits and limitations? merits - can manipulate independent variable (marijuana), and control other variables (traffic, condition of the car, etc.) to identify cause and effect limitations - not ethical to cause an accident - not legal/ethical to assign some participants to use marijuana

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject. a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher. wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners. acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.

What recommendations would you give to your local community to to decrease the local effects of human impact on the environment? list 2 recommendations and how they will positively impact your community. 3. what recommendations would you give to the global governments to decrease the global effects of human impact on the environment? list 2 recommendations and how they will positively impact our planet.

6) why do you think the battle of concord was important of the patriot soldiers?