Research Methods 1 - Exam 1 – TCU Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Research Methods 1 - Exam 1 – TCU
Questions and Answers 100% Pass


suppose a researcher describes the age, race and gender distributions for

people who are charged with shoplifting. this unit of analysis is... -

CORRECT ANSWER: individuals




QUESTION: a researcher is interested in how criminality is related to

age. she surveys a large number of individuals of different ages at one

point in time. this is a _____ study -

CORRECT ANSWER: cross-sectional




QUESTION: which type of study attempts to account for errors in

drawing a sample by measuring the same people on two or more

occasions? -

CORRECT ANSWER: panel study

,QUESTION: which study design would allow a researcher to measure

change in a general population over time? -

CORRECT ANSWER: trend study




QUESTION: what refers to whether an explanation seeks to explain a

particular event or class of events? -

CORRECT ANSWER: idiographic and nomothetic




QUESTION: surveys may be used for... -

CORRECT ANSWER: descriptive, explanatory, exploratory and

applied research




QUESTION: surveys are best suited for which unit of analysis -

CORRECT ANSWER: individual

, QUESTION: general population surveys and surveys of offenders tend

to present which types of difficulties -

CORRECT ANSWER: recall error




QUESTION: questions that encourage respondents to answer in a

particular way are called -

CORRECT ANSWER: biased




QUESTION: inexperienced researches tend to fear that their

questionnaires will look too.. -

CORRECT ANSWER: long




QUESTION: it is usually best to begin a self-administered questionnaire

with -

CORRECT ANSWER: the most interesting questions




QUESTION: closed ended questions are useful because they -