CRIM 2254 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Selective observation can be the result of? - Answers - overgeneralization
Doing a literature review should be? - Answers - systematic and deliberate
Concrete steps that are used to measure specific concepts are referred to as? -
Answers - operationalization
Which type of literature review is common, but is noticeably absent from quantitative
research studies? - Answers - Contextual reviews
This term represents a set of concepts and the proposed relationships among these; a
structure that is intended to represent or model something about the world - Answers - a
theory
Noelle is conducting in-depth interviews with police officers regarding their use of
discretion when responding to domestic violence calls. She uses pseudonyms in place
of the officer's real names when writing her report of the findings. Which of the following
ethical principles is Noelle attempting to protect? - Answers - Confidentiality
Marvin Wolfgang's study of males born in Philadelphia in 1945 was an attempt to
measure delinquency by following those males from their tenth birthdays until they were
18. This is an example of what type of study? - Answers - cohort study
Which of the following specific criteria for causality do researchers consider? - Answers
- a. Two variables must vary together—they must be empirically correlated.
The cause must occur before the effect.
The empirical correlation between cause and effect is not due to some other factor.
Which of the following best describes a population parameter? - Answers - An
estimated population characteristic
Validating an individual measure to compare it with alternative measures of the same
concept is known as - Answers - criterion-related validity
A good way to avoid sampling bias in the assessment of public opinion about a specific
criminal justice topic is to employ the use of a radio call-in show since those who call
radio talk shows represent everyone in the population. - Answers - false
You want to know why some states that have the death penalty as a punishment use it
more than other states. In order to develop your design, you identify those states that
have capital punishment and those that do not. Among those that do have capital
ANSWERS
Selective observation can be the result of? - Answers - overgeneralization
Doing a literature review should be? - Answers - systematic and deliberate
Concrete steps that are used to measure specific concepts are referred to as? -
Answers - operationalization
Which type of literature review is common, but is noticeably absent from quantitative
research studies? - Answers - Contextual reviews
This term represents a set of concepts and the proposed relationships among these; a
structure that is intended to represent or model something about the world - Answers - a
theory
Noelle is conducting in-depth interviews with police officers regarding their use of
discretion when responding to domestic violence calls. She uses pseudonyms in place
of the officer's real names when writing her report of the findings. Which of the following
ethical principles is Noelle attempting to protect? - Answers - Confidentiality
Marvin Wolfgang's study of males born in Philadelphia in 1945 was an attempt to
measure delinquency by following those males from their tenth birthdays until they were
18. This is an example of what type of study? - Answers - cohort study
Which of the following specific criteria for causality do researchers consider? - Answers
- a. Two variables must vary together—they must be empirically correlated.
The cause must occur before the effect.
The empirical correlation between cause and effect is not due to some other factor.
Which of the following best describes a population parameter? - Answers - An
estimated population characteristic
Validating an individual measure to compare it with alternative measures of the same
concept is known as - Answers - criterion-related validity
A good way to avoid sampling bias in the assessment of public opinion about a specific
criminal justice topic is to employ the use of a radio call-in show since those who call
radio talk shows represent everyone in the population. - Answers - false
You want to know why some states that have the death penalty as a punishment use it
more than other states. In order to develop your design, you identify those states that
have capital punishment and those that do not. Among those that do have capital
