Question

5. Russia has the second highest prison rate in the world. What factors contribute to their crime

rate and how do those factors compare with those of the United States?

Answer 1

The potential error reflected in this research is called “Internal Validity”.

Step-by-step explanation:

Internal validity is the type of error which refers to the extent to which a causal conclusion based on the study is acceptable or not. Acceptability is evaluated based on the degree to which a study minimizes systematic error or bias. In this case, the researcher only has only one variable to compare, which is either the drug abuser was under probation or sentenced to prison. It cannot be determined if other causes aside from the two has effect to recidivism since the research is limited to this, hence resulting to bias.