Drug Types. Drug dealer motivation is traditionally attributed to greed or socia

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Drug Types. Drug dealer motivation is traditionally attributed to greed or social pressures. Researchers R. Highland and D. Dabney explore possible personality characteristics as a motivation in the article "Using Adlerian Theory to Shed Light on Drug Dealer Motivations" (Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp.109-138). The following table lists the types of drug sold from a sample of convicted drug dealers.

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Determine the relative frequency for EACH drug.

Marijuana

Crack cocaine

Ecstasy

Methamphetamine

Heroin

Other

0.3230

0.2743

0.0221

0.0752

0.1991

0.0885

0.0177

Drug Sold Frequency Relative Frequency Marijuana 73 ? Crack cocaine 62

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Powder cocaine 45 ? Ecstasy 20 ? Methamphetamine 17 ? Heroin 5 ? Other 4 ?

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relative frequency=frequency of the group otal frequency

Drug Sold Frequency Relative Frequency Options Marijuana 73 0.3230088 A Crack cocaine 62 0.2743363 B Powder cocaine 45 0.199115 E Ecstasy 20 0.0884956 F Methamphetamine 17 0.0752212 D Heroin 5 0.0221239 C Other 4 0.0176991 G 226

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