Exam 12: Agency Records Content Analysis And Secondary Data

In the text,an example was given concerning the difficulty in trying to measure how much crime happened to victims who were not residents of South Florida.Since police only routinely kept records on where victims stayed locally (such as hotel addresses)researchers could have an additional question added to the incident recording form asking for the victim's permanent address.All of the following would be benefits of that except:

Which of the following data sources could not be coded for use in content analysis?

In Widom's research on child abuse discussed in your text,what was used as matching criteria for the public school records?

Coding in content analysis involves the logic of conceptualization and:

Which of the following is not an example of the use of secondary analysis?

Which of the following is not a problem with respect to units of analysis when using agency records?

In content analysis one may code the visible,surface content known as the__________ content.

It may be possible to use a(n)_____________ source of data in which criminal justice agency staff collect information for specific research purposes that they typically would not have collected.

Which of the following is accurate concerning having agencies collect original research data?

Some researchers have suggested that when published statistics and agency records are relied upon as sources of data a researcher should report rounded figures to avoid the illusion of exaggerated ____________that precise numbers imply.

Agency records and statistics published by agencies or governmental entities are most commonly used for which type of studies?

When using agency records as a data source the researcher must always keep changes in operational definitions and_______________in mind because of their potential impact upon validity and reliability.

The visible,objective context of a communication is known as:

Archives and agency records may be based on ______________of analysis that are not suitable for particular research questions.

In an effort to insure that textbooks for introductory level criminology and criminal justice courses are gender and race neutral an analysis of the language was undertaken.Which of the following would be appropriate?

A researcher is interested in using content analysis to determine how the United States Supreme Court has changed its interpretation of the 4th Amendment's "unreasonable" search and seizure prohibition over time.Which of the following are the units of analysis?

NCVS data would be helpful in answering all of the research questions except

Which of the following represent reliability or validity concerns when a researcher uses agency records?

Which of the following situations would not have an impact upon error in agency records?

Identify three different types of agencies where records would be important in the criminal justice system.Discuss the types of published statistics each agency would produce.What are the specific reliability and validity problems with each?