1. _____ is defined as surveys of the general public to measure the rate and circumstances of victimization.
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Victim surveys
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2. _____ is concept that varies or that can take on different numerical values.
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Variable
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3. Is validity the accuracy of measurement?
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True
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4. _____ is known as nonreactive methods of data gathering in which the subjects are unaware that they are being studied.
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Unobtrusive measures
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5. _____ is defined as official police report on crime maintained by the FBI.
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Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
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6. _____ is crimes that the police decide never took place.
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Unfounded crimes
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7. Is triangulation the use of multiple research methods?
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True
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8. _____ is known as plausible explanation of reality.
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Theory
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9. _____ is defined as various ways of gathering data that include mail questionnaires, interviews, and telephone and Internet surveys.
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Surveys
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10. _____ is include experiments, surveys, participant observation, case studies, and unobtrusive measures.
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Sources of crime statistics
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11. Is simulation games that mimic reality?
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True
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12. _____ is known as self-admission surveys of admitted crime.
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Self-report measures
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13. _____ is defined as the consistency or stability of measurement.
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Reliability
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14. _____ is a system of mutual obligation between researcher and subject.
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Reciprocity
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15. Is participant observation a methodology that involves the observation of a group by participating in varying degrees in its activities?
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True
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16. _____ is known as the nonindex crimes that are not used in the calculation of the crime rate.
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Part II crimes
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17. _____ is defined as the index crimes or crimes that are used in order to calculate the crime rate.
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Part I crimes
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18. _____ is describing how a concept is being measured.
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Operationalization
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19. Is objectivity the idea that researchers should be neutral or unbiased in examining their subject matter?
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True
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20. _____ is known as a system for recording far more detail on crime incidents that is intended to replace the UCR.
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National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
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21. _____ is defined as a survey of the general public to measure claimed crime victimization.
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National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
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22. _____ is the attempt to gather data that are accurate.
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Methodology
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23. Is methodological narcissism the belief that one’s favorite method is best?
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True
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24. _____ is known as a qualitative, case study method of examining a subject’s life history.
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Life history
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25. _____ is defined as part I crimes in the Uniform Crime Reports that are used to construct the violent crime and property crime indexes.
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Index crimes
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26. _____ is research that involves variations of the classic experimental design employing equivalence, pretests and posttests, and experimental and control groups.
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Experiment
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27. Is evidence-based research research findings that are based on replicated, experimental research?
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True
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28. _____ is known as basic behavior that is expected in moral and ethical research.
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Ethical conduct in research
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29. _____ is defined as unmeasured or undiscovered crime.
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Dark figure of crime
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30. _____ is the number of index crimes divided by the population times 100,000.
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Crime rate
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31. Is crime index a measure of crime (Part I crimes) that results in the calculation of the crime rate?
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True
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32. _____ is known as the requirement in research that the researcher protect the identity of his or her subjects.
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Confidentiality
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33. _____ is defined as requirements that researchers behave ethically in conducting research.
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Code of ethics (for research)
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34. _____ is a research design that has equivalence, an experimental and a control group, and a pretest and posttest.
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Classic experimental design
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35. Is case study a qualitative, case study method of examining a subject’s life history?
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True
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36. _____ is known as an international organization that conducts meta-analyses in order to discover what works in criminology.
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Campbell collaboration
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37. ______ means that the assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups are done in a manner in which they are all assumed to be alike.
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Equivalence
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38. ______ involves the process of defining concepts by describing how they will be measured.
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Operationalization
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39. Which of the data sources of crime below uses a survey instrument?
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NCVS
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40. Triangulation involves the consistency of measurement.
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False
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41. Which of the following questions has a direct bearing on methodology?
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How much crime is there?
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42. Criminal homicide, forcible rape, and arson are all examples of Type I UCR offenses.
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True
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43. Which of the following offenses was added to the original index in 1978?
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Arson
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44. Which of the following changes had a major impact on crime recording?
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Political shenanigans
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45. Laud Humphreys’ Tearoom Trade study was controversial, but did not violate any ethical guidelines.
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False
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46. Which of the following terms involves the consistency or stability of measurement?
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Reliability
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47. A concept that has been operationalized or measured in a specific manner is called ______.
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Variable
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48. The crime index is made up of primarily of property crimes.
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True
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49. All of the following led to the crime dip of the 1990s except ______.
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Marijuana legalization
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50. Qualitative data gathering techniques involve ______.
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More engagement with the field
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51. Objectivity is more important than subjectivity when conducting research in any discipline.
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True
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