Exam 4: The Uniform Crime Reports and Sampling

Discuss the Uniform Crime Report as a measure of crime in the United States.

Which of the following refers to samples that permit estimation of the likelihood of each element of the population being selected in the sample?

The decline in recorded crime in the 1980s known as 'crime dip' is believed to have been caused primarily by __________ change.

Which of the following refers to high-crime areas where police can concentrate their efforts?

Which of the following consists of two parts;the violent crime index and the property crime index.

The crime rate is expressed as the number of crimes per unit of population,in this case per 100,000.

The violent crime index includes arson.

Which of the following involves a means of selection in which each element has an equal probability of selection method?

Purposive samples are the favorite person on the street interviews where the "researcher" makes little attempt to ensure representativeness of the sample.

Alternatives to the experiment as data-gathering strategies include which of the following:

EPSEM,a means of sample selection,is an acronym that stands for __________.

Disproportionate stratified samples have subjects which are chosen in roughly the same ratio as exists in the population.

Which of the following refers to the number of crimes divided by population,per 100,000 population?

__________ are purposively selected groups brought together in order to measure their reaction to some stimuli.

The initial step in selecting a sample is to develop a __________ frame,a complete list of the population or universe)that one is interested in studying.

Which of the following refers to a new program consisting of nationally representative incident-based crime data that can generate detailed national estimates of the volume and characteristics of crime known to law enforcement.

Accidental samples represent the selection of an appropriate sample based on the researcher's skill,judgment,and needs.

Sampling is a procedure used in research by which a select subunit of a population is studied in order to analyze the entire population.

The National Incident-Based Reporting System NIBRS)has traditionally been the most widely cited on crime in the United States.

Define sampling and discuss the various probability samples.