Test Bank for Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice, 3rd Edition Gau (All Chapters included)
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Use of Statistics in Criminal
Justice and Criminology
Multiple Choice
1. The process of gathering and analyzing data in a systematic and controlled way
using techniques and procedures that are accepted by other scientists in a discipline is
commonly referred to as ______.
A. speculation
B. counter-intuitive induction
C. science
D. deductive introspection
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Science: Basic Terms and Concepts
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Procedures used by scientists to gather and analyze scientific data are referred to as
what?
A. methods
B. modus operandi
C. operational nox
D. formation
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Science: Basic Terms and Concepts
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. A hypotheses is best described as ______.
A. a set of proposed and testable explanations about reality that is bound together by
logic and evidence
B. a law governing the coherence of social and criminal phenomena
C. a set of rules governing the application of statistical analytic techniques for examining
quantitative data
D. a single proposition, deduced from a theory, that must hold true in order for the
theory itself to be considered valid
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Scientific Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Which of the terms below can best be described as a set of proposed and testable
explanations about reality that is bound together by logic and evidence?
, A. validity
B. hypothesis
C. law
D. theory
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Scientific Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Studies intending to assess whether policies, programs, or interventions are effective
are referred to as what style of research?
A. evaluation research
B. exploratory research
C. confounding research
D. matriculation research
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Scientific Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. A sample can best be described as ______.
A. the grouping of people, places, and objects used to generalize to the population
B. a subset pulled from a population with the goal of ultimately using the people,
objects, or places in the sample as a way to generalize to the population
C. the entire set, or universe, of people, places, or objects used to generalize to a
population
D. a technique used by social science researchers in attempts to prove existing
theoretical propositions true in the general population
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Science: Basic Terms and Concepts
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. In order to ensure that a sample mirrors the population from which it was drawn a
scientist would employ which type of sampling technique?
A. quota sampling
B. purposive sampling
C. probability sampling
D. snowball sampling
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Scientific Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Despite suffering from a variety of problems, why is the NCVS considered so useful
for research?
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