RESEARCH METHODS EXAM 2 ACTUAL
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Maya has created a sample in which she uses random chance to
select participants, and she can calculate the likelihood that a
participant will be selected. What type of sample has Maya created?
Answer: Probability
◉ What do other gun injury estimates do to make them more
accurate than the CDC?
Answer: Use a larger sample size
◉ When sampling, it is important to
Answer: Be strategic and methodical about what you observe
◉ Divya is interested in learning whether students will support an
increase in student fees to supplement child care costs for student
parents. There are 10,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate
students at her university. If she wants to ensure that she has an
equal number of undergraduate and graduate students in her
sample, what type of sampling method should she use?
,Answer: Stratified
◉ Jamal wants to study racial representations on children's TV
shows. He has made a list of every TV show that aired on Nick Jr.
from 2000 to 2015. This list of TV shows is the ________ he will use to
draw a probability sample.
Answer: Sampling frame
◉ According to Wright and his colleagues, why is studying
incarcerated criminals not ideal?
Question 1Answera.
Answer: They are unsuccessful at crime
◉ Dr. Stephens has interviewed Betty five times over the course of
his fieldwork studying heroin users in Appalachia. Betty has had
strong insights that have helped him further develop his project.
What role has Betty served for Dr. Stephens?
Question 2
Answer: Key informant
◉ How do researchers know if a project has reached saturation?
Answer: New materials reinforce what the researcher already knows
, ◉ If you are interested in studying a city that has similar features to
the average city in the United States, what type of case should you
select?
Answer: Typical
◉ In ________ sampling, cases are deliberately selected on the basis of
features that distinguish them from other cases.
Answer: Purposive
◉ Julio needs to collect data for his senior honors thesis and has
decided to administer surveys to 500 students who are currently
enrolled in an Introduction to Criminal Justice course at his college.
Julio's sample is a good example of a
Answer: Convenience
◉ How did Wright and his colleagues use snowball sampling in their
study?
Answer: The recruited participants refer additional participants
◉ How did the Wright and his fellow researchers find active street
burglars in the study?
Answer: By hiring an ex-offender who still had ties to the
underworld
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Maya has created a sample in which she uses random chance to
select participants, and she can calculate the likelihood that a
participant will be selected. What type of sample has Maya created?
Answer: Probability
◉ What do other gun injury estimates do to make them more
accurate than the CDC?
Answer: Use a larger sample size
◉ When sampling, it is important to
Answer: Be strategic and methodical about what you observe
◉ Divya is interested in learning whether students will support an
increase in student fees to supplement child care costs for student
parents. There are 10,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate
students at her university. If she wants to ensure that she has an
equal number of undergraduate and graduate students in her
sample, what type of sampling method should she use?
,Answer: Stratified
◉ Jamal wants to study racial representations on children's TV
shows. He has made a list of every TV show that aired on Nick Jr.
from 2000 to 2015. This list of TV shows is the ________ he will use to
draw a probability sample.
Answer: Sampling frame
◉ According to Wright and his colleagues, why is studying
incarcerated criminals not ideal?
Question 1Answera.
Answer: They are unsuccessful at crime
◉ Dr. Stephens has interviewed Betty five times over the course of
his fieldwork studying heroin users in Appalachia. Betty has had
strong insights that have helped him further develop his project.
What role has Betty served for Dr. Stephens?
Question 2
Answer: Key informant
◉ How do researchers know if a project has reached saturation?
Answer: New materials reinforce what the researcher already knows
, ◉ If you are interested in studying a city that has similar features to
the average city in the United States, what type of case should you
select?
Answer: Typical
◉ In ________ sampling, cases are deliberately selected on the basis of
features that distinguish them from other cases.
Answer: Purposive
◉ Julio needs to collect data for his senior honors thesis and has
decided to administer surveys to 500 students who are currently
enrolled in an Introduction to Criminal Justice course at his college.
Julio's sample is a good example of a
Answer: Convenience
◉ How did Wright and his colleagues use snowball sampling in their
study?
Answer: The recruited participants refer additional participants
◉ How did the Wright and his fellow researchers find active street
burglars in the study?
Answer: By hiring an ex-offender who still had ties to the
underworld
