Exam 2: The Process and Problems of Criminological Research

Explain how the research circle is really a research spiral.

Patterns in data are summarized as empirical generalizations.

In the Domestic Violence Experiment described in your text, it is argued that the research circle is really an)

Regardless of the research method utilized, the researcher should clarify assumptions in the research.

The first step in formulating a criminal justice research question is to _ it.

Sherman and Berk used which type of reasoning to conductive research described in the text on domestic violence?

According to King, Keohane and Verba 1994), what are the three criteria for good social research questions?

Authenticity exists when the understanding of a social process or social setting is one that reflects fairly the various perspectives of participants in the setting.

The first phase of Sherman and Berk's 1984)study was designed to induce a general explanation to account for the data.

The generalizability of a study is the

Causal validity is also known as external validity.

What does measurement validity tell us?

A logically interrelated set of propositions about empirical reality is a

____ reasoning begins from the general and moves to the specific.

What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable?

Research that begins at the bottom of the research circle and works upward around the circle is

Several different standards have been proposed as being uniquely suited to qualitative research, including ____ which means that it fairly reflects the perspectives of the participants in a study setting.

What are the three stages in formulating a criminological research question?

Phase 4 of the Sherman and Berk 1984)study regarding intimate partner violence was

What does it mean to say that the researcher has achieved Authenticity with his/her research?