Exam 4: General Issues In Research Design

In his research,Gif examined whether people living in high-crime neighborhoods are more likely to have guns at home for protection than those living in low-crime areas.His unit of analysis was:

Basing conclusions on the statistical relationship between two variables in a study with a less-than-ideal number of cases may compromise:

In an examination of violent crime among the most populous nations in the world,the United States ranks very high along with England,France and Australia.The chance of being raped is higher in France than in the United States.What units of analysis are being used?

Causation in social science is the foundation for exploratory research.

If a researcher restricts the kinds of concepts and variables to be considered as causes in criminal justice research,they are committing the error of _____________?

Which of the following is correct?

Which term best describes-an overly strict limitation on the kinds of concepts and variables to be considered as causes in explaining the broad range of human behavior represented by crime and criminal justice policy?

Joseph Maxwell identified "how credible and believable it is" as one criterion for assessing an idiographic explanation.

In order to avoid mistaken inferences,researchers must be careful to specify the people or phenomena being studied,known as the ____________________.

Which of the following is not a type of longitudinal study?

Nonsystematic bias would be found in what type of validity problem?

A major mid-western university does annual surveys of its alumni.These surveys are designed to gauge the attitudes that alumni hold about the university,its academic programs,and the major team sports.These surveys have been an annual event for the last two decades and represent which type of study?

Key elements in planning a research study include:

The well-known Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment,discussed in Chapter 1,provides another example of

Regarding nomothetic explanation,which of the following specific criteria for causality do researchers consider?

Causally related can also be expressed as

In the following research conclusion,what units of analysis are being used? "An enormous variation of deviant activities was represented in a sample of 1,485 news items.We categorized these deviant activities into five general types of analysis: violence,economic,political,ideological/cultural and diversionary."

Which of the following is true with respect to validity threats?

Observations of shoplifters in Pueblo,Colorado characterized as "72 percent men and 28 percent women,with an average age of 15.4 years" constitutes which type of analysis?

A(n) _________cause is a condition that must be present for the effect to follow.