Exam 8: Unobtrusive Measures,secondary Analysis,and the Uses of Official Statistics

Identify and discuss the steps in meta-analysis as provided by Wells.

Identify and discuss current obstacles to the implementation of virtual reality technology as an evidentiary tool in the courtroom.

_________ is a strategy of data collection in which the investigator attempts to examine the activity of subjects while keeping her or his presence either secret or to a minimum,so as not to interfere.

A__________ is a situation or game that attempts to mimic,or imitate,key features of reality.

The use of personal documents in social research was pioneered by Thomas and Znaniecki in their classic sociological work The Polish Peasant in Europe and America.

The chief advantage of unobtrusive methods of data gathering is their non-reactivity.

Define content analysis and provide some examples of criminal justice research that has employed it.

__________ or the reanalysis of data that were originally gathered or compiled for other purposes,is an excellent economizer of researcher time in data gathering,nonreactive,and a resourceful use of the mountains of data generated in modern society.

The use of personal documents in social research was pioneered by Thomas and Znaniecki in their classic sociological work of what name?

The term __________ was coined by Glass 1976)and refers to quantitative analysis that reviews,combines,and summarizes the results of many different studies dealing with the same research question.

The __________ was the pioneer among federal agencies in requiring that data sets from funded research be given to the agency upon completion of the project.

__________ or data libraries)are institutes or organizations that store data resources raw data)from previous studies.

In which of the following did Clarke attempt to address the "pathological myth" about assassins,the belief that most had suffered from and were motivated by some mental sickness,insanity,or derangement?

__________ is research conducted in such a manner that subject reactivity,or awareness of being studied,is eliminated.

A __________ is the reassurance of subjects and explanation of the purposes of the research upon completion of the study.

In which of the following publications did Sutherland use the records of regulatory agencies,courts,and commissions to study the seventy largest American industrial and mercantile corporations and their violations over a forty-year period of laws regulating such things as false advertising,patent abuse,wartime trade violations,price-fixing,fraud,and intended manufacturing and sale of faulty goods?

Unobtrusive measures are ways of studying groups so that they remain unaware of being studied,thus eliminating reactivity.

Content analysis is a type of unobtrusive measurement that involves the analysis of deposits,accretion of matter,and other indirect substances produced by previous human interaction.

Replication entails a variety of gaming strategies that attempt to imitate a more complex social reality.

The leading disadvantages in employing secretive means of gathering data are ethical questions,particularly that of privacy invasion.