Criminal Justice and Criminology (Statistics) Quiz # 1

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Quiz: Criminal Justice and Criminology (Statistics) Quiz # 1
Subject: Criminal Justice And Criminology Statistics
Total Questions: 30 MCQs
Time: 30 Minutes

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Criminal Justice And Criminology (Statistics) Quiz # 1
Question 1 of 30
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  • A large portion of criminology/criminal justice-based research involves theory testing.

  • Replication of studies is NOT important in any type of social science research.

  • Microsoft Excel is one of the most frequently used statistical analysis programs in criminology/criminal justice.

  • Researchers study populations to make inferences about samples.

  • Descriptive research is conducted for the purpose of describing a particular phenomenon that is occurring.

  • Which of the following is a software package used for criminology/criminal justice research?

  • Evaluation research studies are conducted for the purpose of ______.

  • What are methods?

  • It is good to be well versed in what type of math to be successful in statistics?

  • According to the text, the Point of Science can best be described as ______.

  • What is the purpose of replicating a study in criminology/criminal justice research?

  • Which of the following is considered a feature of hypothesis testing?

  • How do statistics relate to the criminal justice system/criminology?

  • Which of the following describes the process of probability sampling?

  • Which of the following statements increase the potential for being successful in introductory level statistics?

  • A nominal variable is a continuous variable.

  • We can easily determine a cause and effect relationship between two variables.

  • The two types of continuous variables are ratio and interval variables.

  • Constants assume only one value in a sample.

  • A unit of analysis is the object or target of a research study.

  • Which of the following would be an event to empirically measure?

  • If a researcher is interested in measuring a student’s grade level, what type of variable is she measuring?

  • Which of the following statements describes omitted variable bias?

  • What are two overarching classes of variables?

  • What is the primary difference between ratio and interval variables?

  • Why is it important to understand levels of measurement?

  • Which of the following describes a dependent variable?

  • Rank order the following types of variables in order of descriptiveness from least to most

  • Which of the following is NOT a nominal variable?

  • Which term is defined as having the qualities of being measurable, observable, or tangible?

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