Exam 6: Interviews and Telephone Surveys

__________ refers to the biases introduced by the interviewer.

Overreporting in victimization surveys may be accounted for by the fact that when asked,respondents will report to interviewers acts that they ordinarily would regard as too trivial or unimportant to warrant police attention.

__________ refers to the use of short stories as a data-gathering device.

The advantages of mail surveys include not only the elimination of a field staff,but simpler monitoring of interviewer bias,because the supervisor can be present at the time the mailings are developed.

__________ refers to a means of coping with resistance to sensitive questions by using indeterminate questions,ones in which the actual question answered is known only to the respondent.

Which of the following consists of check-off responses to questions that are factual and easily fit an expected pattern?

__________ refers to the tendency of respondents to move forward and report as having occurred events that actually occurred before the reference period.

Which of the following have been identified as being problems in victim surveys?

Bounding is the initial interview in a panel and serves as a boundary or means of establishing exactly when events have taken place.

Demand characteristics refers to the tendency of respondents to move forward and report as having occurred events that actually occurred before the reference period.

Which of the following consists of repeated interviews every six months to bound or provides a benchmark for reports?

__________ ensure a high response rate and possess many distinct advantages,but the cost,size of staff,and time required often make it prohibitive for many surveys.

In __________ the researcher uses a laptop computer instead of a clipboard.

Which of the following refers to technology in which respondents register their reaction to various stimuli on a continuous basis using a handheld keypad.

Which of the following refers to process by which the research staff checks the questionnaire for accuracy of response.

Identify and discuss the problems associated with victim surveys.

__________ are more intensive or detailed interviews that are particularly useful in life histories or case studies.

Crime panel consists of repeated interviews every six months to bound or provides a benchmark for reports.

Define and discuss the three basic forms of interviews.

Unstructured interviews consists of check-off responses to questions that are factual and easily fit an expected pattern.