Question 1

Describe Victor Rios's case study, "Life in a Gang."

Accepted Answer

Victor Rios's work is part of a long tra

Question 2

There are no set standards for evaluating the validity or authenticity of conclusions in a qualitative study, but Becker 1958)argues that the data can be assessed in terms criteria such as:

Accepted Answer

A) The credibility of the informant 
B) Questions about the spontaneity of informant's statements 
C) Presence or absence of the researcher and how it influences other group members 
D) All of the above 
A) The credibility of the informant 
B) Questions about the spontaneity of informant's statements 
C) Presence or absence of the researcher and how it influences other group members 
D) All of the above

Question 3

Researchers should make every effort to expunge possible identifying material

Accepted Answer

A) From published information 
B) But it should also be clear that they cannot guarantee confidentiality for research subjects 
C) Alter unimportant aspects of a description when necessary 
D) Only A and C 
A) From published information 
B) But it should also be clear that they cannot guarantee confidentiality for research subjects 
C) Alter unimportant aspects of a description when necessary 
D) Only A and C

Question 4

The goal of many qualitative researchers is to create grounded theory, or to

Accepted Answer

A) Create a theory that is simplistically built into a complex conceptual undertaking 
B) Build up a systematic theory that is grounded in or based on observations 
C) Deductively build a theory for the quantitative explanation 
D) None of the above 
A) Create a theory that is simplistically built into a complex conceptual undertaking 
B) Build up a systematic theory that is grounded in or based on observations 
C) Deductively build a theory for the quantitative explanation 
D) None of the above

Question 5

Study of a culture or cultures that a group of people share is

Accepted Answer

A) An observation 
B) An ethnography 
C) A fieldwork project 
D) A characteristic ethnographic study 
A) An observation 
B) An ethnography 
C) A fieldwork project 
D) A characteristic ethnographic study

Describe Victor Rios's case study, "Life in a Gang."

There are no set standards for evaluating the validity or authenticity of conclusions in a qualitative study, but Becker 1958)argues that the data can be assessed in terms criteria such as:

Researchers should make every effort to expunge possible identifying material

The goal of many qualitative researchers is to create grounded theory, or to

Study of a culture or cultures that a group of people share is

Science, Society, and Criminological Research

The Process and Problems of Criminological Research

Research Ethics

Conceptualization and Measurement

Sampling

Causation and Experimentation

Survey Research

Analyzing Content

Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Mixing and Comparing Methods

Reporting Research Results

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Exam 8: Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis

Describe Victor Rios's case study, "Life in a Gang."

There are no set standards for evaluating the validity or authenticity of conclusions in a qualitative study, but Becker 1958)argues that the data can be assessed in terms criteria such as:

Researchers should make every effort to expunge possible identifying material

The goal of many qualitative researchers is to create grounded theory, or to

Study of a culture or cultures that a group of people share is

Science, Society, and Criminological Research

The Process and Problems of Criminological Research

Research Ethics

Conceptualization and Measurement

Sampling

Causation and Experimentation

Survey Research

Analyzing Content

Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Mixing and Comparing Methods

Reporting Research Results

Filters