A researcher studying rates of psychiatric disorders among inmates as a function of institutional security level finds that the highest-security prisons have the highest rates of psychiatric disorders. The unit of analysis is ____.

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The unit of analysis refers to the main entity being analyzed in a study. In this case, the focus is on comparing rates of psychiatric disorders across different prisons (which are organizations), rather than on the individual inmates themselves, social artifacts, or groups within the prisons.

A Researcher Studying Rates of Psychiatric Disorders Among Inmates as a Function