According to the text, which of the following statements best describes the

methodological quality of the studies reported by Frederic Wertham on the negative
effects of comic books?

a. The content analysis procedures were not systematic and did not rely on random
samples; the youth he worked with did not represent the larger population of
comic book readers.
b. The content analysis procedures were systematic and relied on random samples,
but the youth he worked with did not represent the larger population of comic
book readers.
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c. The survey procedures were well conceived and relied on random samples and the
youth were representative of comic book readers across the nation.
d. The experimental procedures were both internally and externally valid and the
youth were carefully chosen as “typical” of all comic book readers.
e. The ethnographic methods used were screened by an impartial panel of judges
prior to their implementation; the youth he surveyed were not typical of the
general population but they were not highly unusual either.

a.