Test Bank For Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology 3rd Edition by Michael G. Maxfield
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CHAPTER 3 TEST BANK General Issues in Research Design
TRUE/FALSE
1. Social science involves three fundamental aspects: theory, data collection, and data analysis.
ANS: T REF: 47
2. In grounded theory, observations may not contribute to theory development.
ANS: F REF: 47
3. Research projects k...
,CHAPTER 1 TEST BANK
Criminal Justice and Scientific Inquiry
TRUE/FALSE
1. We live in a world of two realities; agreement and empirical.
ANS: F REF: 4
2. Casual human inquiry is a more rigorous way of investigation than probability and
causality.
ANS: F REF: 6
3. There are several errors in human personal inquiry, such as overgeneralization, inaccurate
observation, replication, and selective observation.
ANS: F REF: 8-9
4. Making observations in a more deliberate way helps to reduce error.
ANS: T REF: 8
5. Selective observation is a danger of overgeneralization.
ANS: T REF: 8
6. Each of us is born into and inherits a culture made up, in part, of firmly accepted
knowledge about the workings of the world.
ANS: T REF: 6
7. The existence of exceptions does not support the existence of regularities.
ANS: T REF: 9
8. Criminal justice research sometimes yields mistaken results, and we are wise to accept
research findings with caution even if they come from experts.
ANS: T REF: 7
9. Four purposes of research are exploration, description, explanation, and application.
ANS: T REF: 10
5
,10. As you review the research literature, you should make note of how other researchers
approached the problem, and consider whether the same designs will meet your research
objective.
ANS: T REF: 13-14
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Most criminal justice professionals routinely review which type of data?
a. computer readouts and news reports
b. archived and updated spreadsheets
c. performance reports and statistical tabulations
d. none of the above
ANS: C REF: 3
2. One objective of this book is to help future criminal justice professionals become _____.
a. informed consumers of research
b. informed consumers of books
c. experts in the department of justice
d. expert readers
ANS: A REF: 3
3. We live in a world of two realities: _____.
a. expressed and assumed
b. experiential and agreement
c. expressed and agreement
d. experiential and assumed
ANS: B REF: 4
4. Things we know from direct experience are a direct result of which type of reality?
a. agreement reality
b. expressed reality
c. assumed reality
d. experiential reality
ANS: D REF: 4
5. Things we consider real because we’ve been told they are real is which type of reality?
a. agreement reality
b. expressed reality
c. assumed reality
d. experiential reality
ANS: A REF: 4
6. Traditional beliefs about patrol effectiveness, response time, and detective work are examples
of _____.
a. known reality
b. agreement reality
6
, c. experiential reality
d. assumed reality
ANS: B REF: 4
7. Scientists must have which two types of support before they will agree on the reality of
something?
a. epistemological and methodological
b. logical and hard facts
c. logical and empirical
d. hard facts and complete data
ANS: C REF: 5
8. When we rely on the “truths” of our culture we are accepting knowledge derived from the
majority. This is acceptance of _____.
a. traditions
b. myths
c. reality
d. none of the above
ANS: A REF: 6
9. When we trust the judgments of people who have special training, such as a doctor or a lawyer,
we are accepting their _____.
a. wisdom
b. expertise
c. authority
d. word
ANS: C REF: 6
10. When attempting to make sure that what you are looking at is what you intended to look at, you
avoid _____.
a. overgeneralization
b. inaccurate observation
c. illogical reasoning
d. miscalculations
ANS: B REF: 8
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