CRIM 315 Exam #1 Question and
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What does CRAAP stand for? - correct answer •C - Currency
•R - Relevance
•A - Authority
•A - Accuracy
•P - Purpose
Zotero - correct answer Zotero is Citation Management Software produced by
George Mason University meant to help you with...
•Capturing Sources
•Organizing all of your materials
•Citing your papers
•Building a growing personal library
What is our librarians name? - correct answer Christopher Magee
What is science? - correct answer - Science is systematic accumulation and
organization of knowledge (gained through observation, testing alternatives,
willingness to be wrong).
- Based on multiple observations over time.
What does I've got a theory mean - correct answer "I have an idea."
What is a theory? - correct answer "... systematic explanations of the
underlying phenomenon or behavior."
, Makes predictions, that are
Testable/Falsifiable.
Ways to generate a theory? - correct answer Inductive vs. Deductive
reasoning
Inductive - correct answer - Inductive - looks at data, behavior
- Tries to infer overall structure to it.
- Explain it.
- Theory generating
Deductive - correct answer - Test predictions made by theory.
- Theory Testing
Natural sciences - correct answer - Largely ordered, focused.
- Natural phenomena can behave in predictably unpredictable ways (i.e.
weather forecasts are more accurate the closer to the near future they are).
- More easily modeled.
- Longer history, has allowed for more testing of ideas, falsification of "facts."
Social sciences - correct answer - Focused on people, or collections of
people.
- People don't behave like lab rats ... even when they are.
Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE) - correct answer - Compared
traditional court vs. restorative justice conferences.
- Randomly assigned treatment
answers rated A+ 2025
What does CRAAP stand for? - correct answer •C - Currency
•R - Relevance
•A - Authority
•A - Accuracy
•P - Purpose
Zotero - correct answer Zotero is Citation Management Software produced by
George Mason University meant to help you with...
•Capturing Sources
•Organizing all of your materials
•Citing your papers
•Building a growing personal library
What is our librarians name? - correct answer Christopher Magee
What is science? - correct answer - Science is systematic accumulation and
organization of knowledge (gained through observation, testing alternatives,
willingness to be wrong).
- Based on multiple observations over time.
What does I've got a theory mean - correct answer "I have an idea."
What is a theory? - correct answer "... systematic explanations of the
underlying phenomenon or behavior."
, Makes predictions, that are
Testable/Falsifiable.
Ways to generate a theory? - correct answer Inductive vs. Deductive
reasoning
Inductive - correct answer - Inductive - looks at data, behavior
- Tries to infer overall structure to it.
- Explain it.
- Theory generating
Deductive - correct answer - Test predictions made by theory.
- Theory Testing
Natural sciences - correct answer - Largely ordered, focused.
- Natural phenomena can behave in predictably unpredictable ways (i.e.
weather forecasts are more accurate the closer to the near future they are).
- More easily modeled.
- Longer history, has allowed for more testing of ideas, falsification of "facts."
Social sciences - correct answer - Focused on people, or collections of
people.
- People don't behave like lab rats ... even when they are.
Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE) - correct answer - Compared
traditional court vs. restorative justice conferences.
- Randomly assigned treatment
