Midterm EXAM- RESEARCH METHODS STUDY GUIDE

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2) A state senator is making a speech before the legislature and declares, “Racial profiling is an epidemic throughout our state.” When asked to provide proof of this statement, the senator points to a large folder full of newspaper and magazine articles on racial profiling. Which of the following alternatives to research is the state senator using? Media Chapter 2: 3) The research process is ”characteristically linear” because: good research often creates additional questions. 4) 5) A researcher who says, "I am really unfamiliar with this topic. I need some background information and maybe a little history about it," should look to which of the following sources? Scholarly journals 6) 7)The conceptual definition of domestic violence as, "A potentially severe and reoccurring form of physical assault wherein the victim is an intimate domestic partner," would be: A potentially severe and recurring form of physical assault wherein the victim is an intimate domestic partner. 9) A researcher defines crime as "any behavior that is against the law." At what step in the research process is the researcher at? Conceptualization 10) The analysis step in the research process is relevant: while the researcher is developing the data collection method

11) The portion of a research report that contains a summary of how the research was done and what its findings are is called the: Literature review CHAPTER 3 13. A researcher who asks research subjects to run stop signs in front of police officers to see how the police will react is violating what ethical principle? Do no harm 14. What is the potential harm when a criminal justice researcher interviews violent criminal offenders in their home? Physical Harm 16. When a researcher knows but agrees not to disclose her research subjects’ identities, she has likely assured them of: Confidentiality 20. At the request of the local police chief, you are conducting research on the work habits of police officers. You tell the officers about the nature of the study and the information you are going to collect in interviews with them. You also suggest that their failure to participate in the "department-approved "research project will be reported to the chief. The potential ethical violation here is: Obtain voluntary consent 22. Which of the following groups would be considered a vulnerable population? Prisoners, Children, and Individuals with physical disabilities. Individuals with mental disabilities or cognitive impairments. 23. A student who copies and pastes information from a free public website into a research report without attribution is violating what ethical principle?

Plagiarism 25. Statements of principles that guide professional behavior or practice are called: Professional ethics? Code of ethics? 27. You have been asked to determine the extent to which the local police department enforces marijuana laws. You hire ten students and ask them to openly smoke marijuana in various public places. You want to see if the police confront them. The potential ethical violation here is: do no harm CHAPTER 4 28. If body weight decreases after sustained physical exercise, then the correlation between body weight and calorie intake is: negative 30. If crime decreases following an increase in police patrols, then the correlation between crime and police patrols are: Negative 32. A researcher conducts a secondary analysis of census data to understand how different counties in one state compare with respect to rates of poverty. What is the researcher’s unit of analysis? The counties 33. Spuriousness means: To a connection between two variables that appears to be casual but is not. 34. A recent analysis of aggravated assaults in a northern city reveals that aggravated assaults tend to increase during the warmest months of the year and decrease during

the coldest months of the year. In this case, we would say which of the following about the correlation between temperature and aggravated assaults? The correlation is positive 35. If the statement, "A lack of education is a cause of crime," is true then, which variable must have happened first? Both variables must happen simultaneously 38. A recent analysis of vehicular burglaries in a northern city reveals that, on average, there are 25 vehicular burglaries throughout the city each month. About as many occur during the winter months as do during the summer months. In this case, we would say which of the following about the correlation between temperature and vehicular burglaries? There is no correlation. 39. A researcher conducts a survey of state prisons to determine how much time it takes officials to process newly admitted inmates into the prison system. What is the researcher’s unit of analysis? State prisons 40. A teacher who reads a research report finds that minority students tend to speak loudly and concludes that each minority student in her classroom must be told to speak softly in the classroom is making what type of logical error? An ecological fallacy 43. The time dimension of a survey given to college freshmen every year for ten years is: Panel 44. The time dimension of a one-time survey on public drunkenness is: Cross-sectional 45. After completing research on crimes committed by girls, a researcher concludes that “when girls commit crimes, they do not consider their behavior criminal. Instead, they consider their behavior a normal response to social inequality.” What research paradigm is this researcher following?

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