CCJS 300 Final questions with verified
answers passed
Unobtrusive measures - correct answer ✔✔Ways of studying groups so that they remain
unaware of being studied, thus eliminating reactivity
Physical Trace Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Type of unobtrusive measure that involves the
analysis of deposits, accretion of matter, and other indirect substances produced by previous
human interaction (CSI Type stuff)
Content Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Systematic classification and analysis of data such as the
content of mass media
Secondary Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Reanalysis of data that were gathered for other
purposes
Simulation - correct answer ✔✔Situation or game that attempts to mimic key features of reality
Meta-Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Statistical analysis of data from many different studies
dealing with the same research question in order to determine general findings
Disguised Observation - correct answer ✔✔Informed consent of subjects is not sought and
researchers pretend to be part of the study group
Confederates - correct answer ✔✔Research assistants who pose as subjects in a study
, Debriefing - correct answer ✔✔After completion of a study (particularly one involving
deception), reassurance of subjects and explination of the purposes of the research
Non-reactivity - correct answer ✔✔Research conducted in such a manner that subject
reactivate, or awareness of being studied, is eliminated
Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of measurement; does the instrument in fact measure
that which it purports to measure
Reliability - correct answer ✔✔Consistency and/or stability of a measuring instrument
Face Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of the instrument in measuring (on face value) that
which is intended
Content Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of individual items in a scale in measuring the
concept being measured
Construct Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of the scale or measurement in tapping the
correct concept or construct
Pragmatic Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of the measuring instrument in predicting
current status or future status
Convergent-Discriminant Validation - correct answer ✔✔Different measures of the same
concept should yield similar results (convergence), whereas the same measure of different
concepts should yield different results (discrimination)
Triangulation - correct answer ✔✔Use of multiple measures of the same concept
answers passed
Unobtrusive measures - correct answer ✔✔Ways of studying groups so that they remain
unaware of being studied, thus eliminating reactivity
Physical Trace Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Type of unobtrusive measure that involves the
analysis of deposits, accretion of matter, and other indirect substances produced by previous
human interaction (CSI Type stuff)
Content Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Systematic classification and analysis of data such as the
content of mass media
Secondary Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Reanalysis of data that were gathered for other
purposes
Simulation - correct answer ✔✔Situation or game that attempts to mimic key features of reality
Meta-Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Statistical analysis of data from many different studies
dealing with the same research question in order to determine general findings
Disguised Observation - correct answer ✔✔Informed consent of subjects is not sought and
researchers pretend to be part of the study group
Confederates - correct answer ✔✔Research assistants who pose as subjects in a study
, Debriefing - correct answer ✔✔After completion of a study (particularly one involving
deception), reassurance of subjects and explination of the purposes of the research
Non-reactivity - correct answer ✔✔Research conducted in such a manner that subject
reactivate, or awareness of being studied, is eliminated
Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of measurement; does the instrument in fact measure
that which it purports to measure
Reliability - correct answer ✔✔Consistency and/or stability of a measuring instrument
Face Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of the instrument in measuring (on face value) that
which is intended
Content Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of individual items in a scale in measuring the
concept being measured
Construct Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of the scale or measurement in tapping the
correct concept or construct
Pragmatic Validity - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy of the measuring instrument in predicting
current status or future status
Convergent-Discriminant Validation - correct answer ✔✔Different measures of the same
concept should yield similar results (convergence), whereas the same measure of different
concepts should yield different results (discrimination)
Triangulation - correct answer ✔✔Use of multiple measures of the same concept
