Exam: 501489RR - Structuring Criminal Justice Inquiry

  

Exam: 501489RR - Structuring Criminal Justice Inquiry

1. Which of the following is a potential problem with the test-retest method of reliability checks?

A. Faulty memory

B. Subjectiveness

C. Cost

D. Speed

2. Reasons that a researcher may be incorrect in stating that some cause produced some effect are known as

A. anomalies.

B. reliability equations.

C. validity threats.

D. statistical contrasts.

3. Which of the following is the correct order of the progression of measurement steps from our vague sense of what a term means to specific measurements in a scientific study?

A. Measurements in the real world; conceptual definition; operational definition; conceptualization

B. Conceptualization; operational definition; conceptual definition; measurements in the real world

C. Conceptual definition; conceptualization; operational definition; measurements in the real world

D. Conceptualization; conceptual definition; operational definition; measurements in the real world

4. The technical term that's used to describe what or who is studied in criminal justice research is

A. research fellows.

B. observation subjects.

C. units of analysis.

D. study partners.

5. _______ validity is based on the logical relationships among variables.

A. Criterion-related

B. Content

C. Internal

D. Construct

6. Observations that are made on the same set of people on two or more occasions are known as _______ studies.

A. cohort

B. longitudinal

C. trend

D. panel

7. The degree to which a measure covers the range of meanings included within the concept is known as content

A. measure.

B. criterion.

C. reliability.

D. validity.

8. A typology is produced by the intersection of two or more _______ to create a set of categories.

A. variables

B. theories

C. traits

D. concepts

9. _______ is concerned with whether research findings from one study can be reproduced in another study.

A. External validity

B. Replication

C. Duplication

D. Internal validity

10. Which of the following is the best method available for measuring certain crimes that are poorly represented by other techniques?

A. Uniform crime reports

B. Self-report surveys

C. Victim surveys

D. Arrest report surveys

11. In an experiment, the experimental stimulus that's either present or absent is called the

A. unit of analysis.

B. independent variable.

C. methodology.

D. research mode.

12. A definition that spells out precisely how a concept will be measured is known as a(n) _______ definition.

A. organizational

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B. conceptual

C. operational

D. measurement

13. Variables whose attributes have only the characteristic of exhaustiveness and mutual exclusiveness are _______ measures.

A. ordinal

B. internal

C. external

D. nominal

14. The first requirement in a causal relationship between two variables is that the two variables be

A. idiographic.

B. independent.

C. empirically correlated.

D. dependent.

15. In the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), Part 1 offenses comprise

A. only felony crimes.

B. all crimes reported to the police.

C. only crimes with an arrest.

D. crimes reported to and recorded by the police.