Chapter 7: Survey Research and Other Ways of Asking Questions
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Q1) When we ask people for information, they will respond using a filter of what will make them look good.This is known as ____________.
Q2) Focus groups are most useful _____.
A)when precise generalization to a larger population is essential and the focus groups participants and the larger population are relatively heterogeneous
B)when precise generalization to a larger population is essential and the focus groups participants and the larger population are relatively homogeneous
C)when precise generalization to a larger population is not necessary and the focus groups participants and the larger population are relatively homogeneous
D)when precise generalization to a larger population is not necessary and the focus group participants and the larger population are relatively heterogeneous
Q3) Focus groups usually consist of 15 to 20 people.
A)True
B)False
Q4) One technique borrowed from market research is the ______________ which uses somewhere between 8 and 15 people.
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Chapter 9: Agency Records, Content Analysis, and Secondary Data
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Q1) The potential for ________________ increases as the number of clerical entries increases.
Q2) Which of the following would be an example of the data coming from the Census Bureau that have criminal justice applications?
A)Court records of Children in Custody
B)Self Report Survey data
C)Survey of Inmates in Local Jails
D)Survey of all Criminal Justice Professors
Q3) When using agency records as a data source, the researcher must always keep changes in operational definitions and changes in _______________ in mind because of their potential impact upon validity and reliability.
Q4) Which of the following situations would not have an impact upon error in agency records?
A)computers have the capacity to magnify clerical error
B)a single crime could be recorded by two agencies, thus making that event over-represented
C)having very little data to input
D)even rare events can be recorded improperly
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Chapter 11: Interpreting Data
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Q1) Measures of central tendency include all except _____.
A)standard deviation
B)median
C)mean
D)mode
Q2) In univariate analysis, missing data can be reported in several different ways.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Frequency distributions of grouped data, known as ________________, will allow for a manageable format but with some loss of detail.
Q4) Which of the following is an accurate statement?
A)if the mean is much higher than the mode, it indicates that there are no extreme cases
B)if the standard deviation is high, it indicates that there is no variability
C)if the mean is the same as median, it indicates that the mode will be higher.
D)Whenever the mean is much higher than the mode, it indicates that the mean is distorted
Q5) Statistics that summarize data in manageable forms are known as _________________ statistics.
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