Exam 11: Unobtrusive Research

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After examining the FBI Crime Reports for a 30-year period,Professor Hall claimed that the incidence of rape has increased.After examining the same reports,Professor Shine claimed that the reporting of rape,not the incidence of rape,has increased.This illustrates

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The primary ethical concern with unobtrusive research is the issue of accuracy.

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In conducting content analysis research,ethical issues can arise from all but which of the following?

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The problem of inter-rater reliability is an issue when examining manifest content.

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The best way to address the problem of accuracy of records in historical and comparative analysis is through

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A researcher using official government documents need not be concerned about the reliability of those records.

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If you were interested in the difference between commercials during children's and adults' TV programs,your units of observation would be _________ and your units of analysis would be _________.

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In which of the following analyses is content analysis LEAST likely to be useful?

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Which of the following is NOT a good source of existing statistics?

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First selecting a sample of newspapers from across the country,and then sampling specific pages within them is an example of what kind of sampling?

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Rita found letters written by soldiers during the American Revolution.According to Aminzade and Laslett,which of the following questions should Rita ask about these letters?

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A friend of yours is doing a term paper to compare the infant mortality rates in the United States,Japan,Bolivia,and Pakistan.You tell your friend that a good source to check is

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Which of the following levels of measurement(s)may be employed in content analysis?

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Sample selection depends on what the unit of analysis is.

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Annettonio did a content analysis of students' notes in her study of differences among professors.The students' notes reflect the

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Units of analysis

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Content analysis is a method of data collection in which some form of communication (e.g.TV programs,letters,newspaper articles etc)is studied systematically.

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