Social Studies

Vaughn Ballard

28 January, 01:30

Using existing statistics, Professor Ford finds that towns with low median incomes tend to have higher crime rates than towns with higher median incomes. Ford suggests that poor people are more likely to commit crimes than people with high incomes. Ford is:

a) proving his research hypothesis on relationship between crime and poverty

b) using historical analysis

c) committing ecological fallacy

d) doing content analysis

e) predicting crime trends