Graduate student Phineas Manly studied the admissions practices and sports records of 200 colleges and universities in the U.S.and Canada to see whether postsecondary institutions with more lax admissions standards won more games.What are the units of analysis in this study?
A)Sports teams
B)College students
C)Colleges
D)Admissions standards
E)Number of winning games

Question

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The units of analysis in this study are colleges and universities. The focus is on how their admissions practices and sports records are related. The other options, such as sports teams and students, may be variables or factors that are considered in the analysis, but they are not the primary focus of the study.

Graduate Student Phineas Manly Studied the Admissions Practices and Sports