Question 1

Which of the following is the best example of the use of judgmental sampling?

Accepted Answer

A)  exit polls on election days 
B)  surveys of all police chiefs in America 
C)  interviews of female inmates in the Los Angeles County Jail 
D)  households participating in the National Crime Victimization Survey 
A)  exit polls on election days 
B)  surveys of all police chiefs in America 
C)  interviews of female inmates in the Los Angeles County Jail 
D)  households participating in the National Crime Victimization Survey

Question 2

Which of the following is not an example of a multistage cluster sample?

Accepted Answer

A)  the British Crime Survey 
B)  the National Crime Victimization Survey 
C)  Uniform Crime Reports 
D)  polling data during an election year 
A)  the British Crime Survey 
B)  the National Crime Victimization Survey 
C)  Uniform Crime Reports 
D)  polling data during an election year

Question 3

Which of the following is not a reason for using random selection methods in selecting samples?

Accepted Answer

A)  random selection is a check on conscious or unconscious bias 
B)  random selection gives access to probability theory 
C)  random selection allows for estimates of error 
D)  random selection allows for privacy 
A)  random selection is a check on conscious or unconscious bias 
B)  random selection gives access to probability theory 
C)  random selection allows for estimates of error 
D)  random selection allows for privacy

Question 4

Sampling is used for two reasons,sometimes it is not necessary to collect data from all persons and it:

Accepted Answer

A)  is possible to collect data from all persons 
B)  is statistically significant 
C)  is often not possible to collect information from all persons 
D)  makes research more valid 
A)  is possible to collect data from all persons 
B)  is statistically significant 
C)  is often not possible to collect information from all persons 
D)  makes research more valid

Question 5

Which of the following is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  the reason that researchers use probability samples is because they guarantee representativeness of the sample 
B)  in general, the more heterogeneous a population, the smaller the sample needed for representativeness 
C)  a simple random sample is appropriate when the researcher wants to over-represent a characteristic in the population 
D)  a sample is representative of the population from which it is drawn if the aggregate characteristics of the sample approximate those of the general population 
A)  the reason that researchers use probability samples is because they guarantee representativeness of the sample 
B)  in general, the more heterogeneous a population, the smaller the sample needed for representativeness 
C)  a simple random sample is appropriate when the researcher wants to over-represent a characteristic in the population 
D)  a sample is representative of the population from which it is drawn if the aggregate characteristics of the sample approximate those of the general population

Question 6

Estimates of population parameters,standard error,and confidence intervals assume unbiased sampling the foundation of unbiased sampling is the ____________random sample.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Estimates of population parameters,standard error,and confidence intervals...

Question 7

A list of all elements in a population is referred to as the sampling frame.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

When a researcher uses a multistage cluster sampling technique they must repeat several sets including:

Accepted Answer

A)  listing and stratifying 
B)  listing and counting 
C)  listing and sampling 
D)  listing and analyzing 
A)  listing and stratifying 
B)  listing and counting 
C)  listing and sampling 
D)  listing and analyzing

Question 9

What is the relationship between sampling error and sample size?

Accepted Answer

A)  there is no relationship between sampling error and the size of the sample 
B)  sampling error relates to the confidence interval, not the sample size 
C)  sampling error will let us know the size of the sample once we decide upon how much error the study can tolerate 
D)  all are relationships 
A)  there is no relationship between sampling error and the size of the sample 
B)  sampling error relates to the confidence interval, not the sample size 
C)  sampling error will let us know the size of the sample once we decide upon how much error the study can tolerate 
D)  all are relationships

Question 10

When a researcher uses probability sampling,he/she can:

Accepted Answer

A)  never be sure that the sample reflects the population from which it was drawn 
B)  estimate the amount of sampling error that can be expected 
C)  never guarantee the population elements of a known nonzero probability of being selected for the sample 
D)  never be sure that the entire sampling frame was included 
A)  never be sure that the sample reflects the population from which it was drawn 
B)  estimate the amount of sampling error that can be expected 
C)  never guarantee the population elements of a known nonzero probability of being selected for the sample 
D)  never be sure that the entire sampling frame was included

Which of the following is the best example of the use of judgmental sampling?

Which of the following is not an example of a multistage cluster sample?

Which of the following is not a reason for using random selection methods in selecting samples?

Sampling is used for two reasons,sometimes it is not necessary to collect data from all persons and it:

Which of the following is accurate?

Estimates of population parameters,standard error,and confidence intervals assume unbiased sampling the foundation of unbiased sampling is the ____________random sample.

A list of all elements in a population is referred to as the sampling frame.

When a researcher uses a multistage cluster sampling technique they must repeat several sets including:

What is the relationship between sampling error and sample size?

When a researcher uses probability sampling,he/she can:

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Ethics and Criminal Justice Research

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Concepts Operationalization And-Measurement

Measuring-Crime

Experimental and Quasi Experimental Designs

Survey Research and Other Ways of Asking Questions

Qualitative-Interviewing

Field-Research

Agency Records Content Analysis And Secondary Data

Evaluation Research and Problem Analysis

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Exam 8: Sampling

Which of the following is the best example of the use of judgmental sampling?

Which of the following is not an example of a multistage cluster sample?

Which of the following is not a reason for using random selection methods in selecting samples?

Sampling is used for two reasons,sometimes it is not necessary to collect data from all persons and it:

Which of the following is accurate?

Estimates of population parameters,standard error,and confidence intervals assume unbiased sampling the foundation of unbiased sampling is the ____________random sample.

A list of all elements in a population is referred to as the sampling frame.

When a researcher uses a multistage cluster sampling technique they must repeat several sets including:

What is the relationship between sampling error and sample size?

When a researcher uses probability sampling,he/she can:

Crime Criminal-Justice And-Scientific-Inquiry

Theory and Criminal Justice Research

Ethics and Criminal Justice Research

General Issues In Research Design

Concepts Operationalization And-Measurement

Measuring-Crime

Experimental and Quasi Experimental Designs

Survey Research and Other Ways of Asking Questions

Qualitative-Interviewing

Field-Research

Agency Records Content Analysis And Secondary Data

Evaluation Research and Problem Analysis

Interpreting-Data

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