Exam 6: Survey Research: Interviews and Telephone Surveys

Given many of the criticisms that have been levied against victimization surveys, discuss some methods that have been employed to assure greater validity in these surveys.

Which of the following is not undercounted in census and victim surveys?

The National Crime Victimization Survey employs what type of sampling?

Much of the deep dark figure of crime consists of minor property crime.

The National Crime Victimization Survey has traditionally operationalized homicide very well.

Describe how one might go about conducting a telephone survey involving random digit dialing.

The chief finding of initial victim surveys in the 1960s was that there was about twice as much crime as officially recorded by police.

Which of the following is not true with respect to a comparison between the UCR and the NCVS?

Which of the following is no longer a part of the NCVS?

In the randomized response technique the respondent is not certain of the exact question being asked by the researcher.

Discuss the major shortcomings of telephone surveys and some methods that can be employed to overcome them.

Which of the following was not mentioned as appropriate procedure in conducting interview surveys?

Which of the following is true regarding telephone surveys?

Random digit dialing procedures enable researchers to overcome the matter of telephone surveys not including new or unlisted numbers.

Discuss some of the general procedures employed in inter viewing, particularly in large, standardized field interviews.

It is generally impossible to ask questions which require a scaled response over the telephone.

Telescoping refers to:

List the three major types of interviews.Under what circum stances would it be most appropriate to use each?

The data on rape in the NCVS has been historically poor.

While police statistics are based on individual victimiza tions, victim surveys are based upon the number of incidents.