Theory and Research Introduction This paper will focus on the quantitative correlation study method used in survey based researches such as the attached article entitled 'Horatio Alger lives'. Social research is a collection of methods people use to systematically combine theories and ideas to produce knowledge. Because of it's complexity, researchers must be able to carefully select a method or methods that will best suit their study objectives. Quantitative research method consists of: experiment, content …showed first 75 words of 1792 total…

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