CJ 280 Midterm Review

Inductive reasoning is a type of reasoning that moves from the specific to the general.

Which of the following would be an example of selection bias?

The goal of sampling is to reduce potential biases

Positivism is the belief that reality is socially constructed

In order to protect prisoners since they are a special population, researchers should do all of the following except:

The primary difference between the interval and the ratio level of variable is that..

Which primary research domain combines both qualitative and quantitative methods to study one research question.

Experimentation is an approach to research best suited for exploration

Ethicial issues found in the Standford Prison Experiment included all of the following except:

Confidentiality and anonymity mean the same thing, so they can be used interchangeably.

If a researcher has 10k elements, wants to sample 1k, and selects every 10th element, they are using:

Validity is the central goal of social science research.

Clearly defining concpets and ideas found in your research project is known as:

In close-ended ?s every variable should have 2 elements: their attributes should be exhaustive and mutually exclusive

Causation is easy to prove in social sciences

Nonprobability sampling cannot be used in criminal justice research

Which of the following is the best example of the use of judgmental or purposive sampling?

Shortening the time between pretest and posttest in an experiment is a technique that may

The extent to which the study can be used to inform us about people, places, or events not studied is known as:

Reliability is measuring what you think you are measuring

Descriptive research is interested in describing a phenomenon not necessarily explaining anything

Deception of human subjects should only be used in limited circumstances

Much of the current social science research has moved from description to:

(Blank) refers to when a particular measurement technique will, after repeated measures, yield the same results