Exam 2: The Research Process

A researcher who operationalizes (i.e., measures) the incidence of domestic violence in a community by the number of domestic violence arrests made by the police department would likely:

Because the steps must be completed in a certain order, the research process is:

The research process is ""internally cyclical"" because:

The conceptual definition of domestic violence as, ""A potentially severe and reoccurring form of physical assault wherein the victim is an intimate domestic partner,"" would be:

A researcher defines crime as ""any behavior that is against the law."" At what step in the research process is the researcher at?

A researcher who says, ""There is not a lot of published information about this topic. I need some kind of insight into it,"" should look to which of the following sources?

Because research often results in additional questions for future research, the research process is:

A researcher who says, ""I am really unfamiliar with this topic. I need some background information and maybe a little history about it,"" should look to which of the following sources?

A researcher who asks, ""What is the general public likely to know about this topic,"" should look to which of the following sources?

The research process is "characteristically linear" because:

The statement, ""Children with undiagnosed and untreated learning disabilities are more likely to become delinquents,"" is good research question because:

Despite its contribution to our understanding of juvenile delinquency, the research of Burgess and Akers could not explain what motivates juveniles to join criminal gangs in the first place. The objective of this research is:

The research process is ""externally cyclical"" because:

Sutherland proposed the theory of differential association suggests that criminal behavior is learned through interactions with other criminals. Years later, Burgess and Akers expanded on Sutherland's theory by suggesting that other factors could combine with differential association to produce criminal behavior. The objective of this research is:

A researcher who says, ""I need some information about this topic in a hurry,"" should look to which of the following sources?

The manner in which individuals learn criminal behavior is well documented. However, it is not clear from the research so far how access to the internet affects this learning process. The objective of this research is:

The analysis step in the research process is relevant:

The portion of a research report that contains a summary of what previous researchers have learned about the topic is called the:

The statement, ""Sex offenders should never be allowed to see the light of day outside of an institution,"" is a good research question because:

Because researchers often find it necessary to revisit the steps, the research process is: