To assess the impact of child abuse upon later criminality,Dr.Rose chose to select some adults whose names appeared as child abuse victims in local police records and another group of adults who were not victims of abuse.What technique is being employed?
A) cohort design
B) classical experiment
C) double-blind experiment
D) nonequivalent-group design

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The technique being employed is a nonequivalent-group design, where two groups are being compared based on their exposure or non-exposure to the independent variable (in this case, child abuse) but the groups are not randomly assigned. Therefore, there is a risk of selection bias and other confounding factors that may affect the results.

To Assess the Impact of Child Abuse Upon Later Criminality,Dr