Assignment: Criminal Justice Databases
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10M QUESTIONS AND PLEASE HIGHLIGHT THE CORRECT ANSWER ONLY
Take Test: Quiz - Week 1
QUESTION 1
Researchers with a/an ________________ philosophy believe that by being objective and unbiased, they can see reality clearly, while researchers with a/an _____________ philosophy believe that they can achieve only intersubjective agreement about the nature of reality.
A.
positivist; interpretivist
B.
postpositivist; interpretivist
C.
interpretivist; postpositivist
D.
positivist; postpositivist
QUESTION 2
Social science research, including criminal justice research, will always be:
A.
Subject to error
B.
Subject to quantitative methods
C.
Subject to qualitative methods
D.
Subject to empirical issues
QUESTION 3
Studying the relationship between teenage abuse of animals and later perpetration of domestic violence is an example of:
A.
Descriptive research
B.
Explanatory research
C.
Exploratory research
D.
Evaluation research
QUESTION 4
A researcher wants to observe the social structure of a youth gang. What method would the researcher most likely use to collect data?
A.
Quantitative
B.
Qualitative
C.
Experimental
D.
Evaluation
QUESTION 5
When evaluating a potential research study, it is important that:
A.
The study not be falsified by the research methods
B.
The study have little social importance outside of the criminal justice system
C.
The study be scientifically irrelevant to understanding crime and criminal justice
D.
The study be feasible, given the time frame and resources
QUESTION 6
To reach correct conclusions in research, you should strive to _____________ error and ___________ validity.
A.
increase; decrease
B.
decrease; increase
C.
decrease; decrease
D.
increase; increase
QUESTION 7
Evaluation research usually emerges from _______.
A.
policy motivations
B.
personal motivations
C.
academic motivations
D.
criminal motivations
QUESTION 8
A measure is valid when it:
A.
Follows a systematic procedure
B.
Yields the same score when applied to the same phenomenon
C.
Permits easy replication
D.
Measures what the researcher intends to measure
QUESTION 9
The process of social research can create valid answers because it:
A.
Focuses on various types of selective observations, including evaluative options
B.
Eliminates personal motivations, such as political and ideological biases
C.
Eliminates academic motivations related to publishing
D.
Reduces the likelihood of making everyday errors in reasoning
QUESTION 10
A theory, including criminological and criminal justice theories, refers to:
A.
A set of interrelated propositions about the social world
B.
Statements about relationships among variables
C.
Deductive research and how it connects to inductive research
D.
The ways in which research translates into policy implications