Question

1. Rodriguez and Webb (2007) studied the impact of Arizona’s mandatory drug treatment law on probation violations and revocations. The authors found that the nature of parole violations by offenders were different before and after the passage of the law. In examining the effects of law on the nature of parole violations, what type of study were the authors doing?
   1. Evaluation Research
   2. Descriptive Research
   3. Exploratory Research
   4. Explanatory Research

Answer 1

Exploratory research is the initial research into a hypothetical or theoretical idea. ...

Descriptive research helps fill in the research community's understanding of the initial exploratory studies.

Last is explanatory research, which attempts to connect ideas to understand cause and effect.

evaluation is used to help strengthen or improve the person or thing being tested

SO, HERE THE TYPE OF STUDY THAT THE AUTHOR IS DOING IS EXPLANATORY RESEARCH.