Research Methods For Criminal Justice And Criminology, International Edition 6th Edition By Michael G – Test Bank

TRUE/FALSE

1. Agency records, secondary data and content analysis do not require direct interaction with research subjects.
ANS: T
REF: 333
LO: 1

2. By its very nature, secondary analysis is always unobtrusive.
ANS: F
REF: 334
LO: 3

3. It is relatively easy and common to have agencies modify their data collection forms in order to get information needed for a specific research project being conducted from someone outside the agency.
ANS: F
REF: 342
LO: 3

4. When using agency records, it is possible to move from individual to aggregate units of analysis, but not the other way around.
ANS: T
REF: 346
LO: 3

5. Understanding the details of how agency records are produced is one of the accepted means of controlling reliability and validity problems.
ANS: T
REF: 347
LO: 4

6. Being able to link an individual to the agency data collected about him/her is a clear violation of reliability and validity.
ANS: F
REF: 347
LO: 4

7. Since criminal justice record keeping is a social process reflecting the decisions made by criminal justice personnel, a researcher must be careful of the impact this may have on the validity and reliability of the data.
ANS: T
REF: 348
LO: 4

8. Content analysis involves the systematic study of agency records.
ANS: F
REF: 352
LO: 6

9. Data collected by other researchers is often used to address new research questions.
ANS: T
REF: 356
LO: 8

10. Of all research purposes, evaluation is most effective when secondary data is used.
ANS: F
REF: 360
LO: 10