Exam 5: Concepts Operationalization And-Measurement

Particular empirical measures that may or may not agree with common understandings of our individual mental images about a specific concept are known as:

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Question 61

The study of food-buying habits where researchers were interested in learning whether people who drank wine ate healthier foods than people who drank beer-is a good example of:

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Question 62

Recidivism represents a collection of related phenomena either observed or heard about.

(True/False)

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Question 63

According to Abraham Kaplan's (1964)discussion; which of the following are not included in the three classes of things that a researcher measures?

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Question 64

Measures of jail capacity were operationalized as whether or not there were more inmates housed at the end of the year than the original building design called for would be an example of what level of measurement?

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Question 65

_____________is a matter of whether a particular measurement technique,applied repeatedly to the same object,will yield the same result each time.

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Question 66

Researchers combine_____________ in different ways to produce different composite measures.

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Question 67

A questionnaire contained the item "social class" with responses of lower class,lower middle class,middle class,upper middle class,upper class.The researcher asks respondents to check the one that describes them.The researcher is using this question to measure:

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Question 68

Reliability is threatened every time there is a single observer as the source of data.

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Question 69

The specification of conceptual definitions serves as a specific working definition and also:

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Question 70

Identify the four levels of measurement and give examples of each.

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Question 71

Mental images of serious crime may vary among individuals depending on their backgrounds and experiences.

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Question 72

A lower-level measure cannot be converted to a higher-level one.

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Question 73

The number of counts on an indictment is what level of measurement?

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Question 74

Many criminal justice measures are imprecise,so reporting approximate values is:

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Question 75

An empirical measure that adequately reflects the meaning of the concept under consideration is known as:

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Question 76

Discuss the measures used to insure reliability: test-retest method,inter-rater,and split-half method.

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Question 77

The process of regarding as real things that are not is called ________________.

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Question 78

The conceptualization and operationalization processes can be seen as the specification of variables and the____________________ composing them.

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Question 79

In general,whenever researchers are concerned that measures obtained through coding may not be classified reliably,they should:

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Particular empirical measures that may or may not agree with common understandings of our individual mental images about a specific concept are known as:

The study of food-buying habits where researchers were interested in learning whether people who drank wine ate healthier foods than people who drank beer-is a good example of:

Recidivism represents a collection of related phenomena either observed or heard about.

According to Abraham Kaplan's (1964)discussion; which of the following are not included in the three classes of things that a researcher measures?

Measures of jail capacity were operationalized as whether or not there were more inmates housed at the end of the year than the original building design called for would be an example of what level of measurement?

_____________is a matter of whether a particular measurement technique,applied repeatedly to the same object,will yield the same result each time.

Researchers combine_____________ in different ways to produce different composite measures.

A questionnaire contained the item "social class" with responses of lower class,lower middle class,middle class,upper middle class,upper class.The researcher asks respondents to check the one that describes them.The researcher is using this question to measure:

Reliability is threatened every time there is a single observer as the source of data.

The specification of conceptual definitions serves as a specific working definition and also:

Identify the four levels of measurement and give examples of each.

Mental images of serious crime may vary among individuals depending on their backgrounds and experiences.

A lower-level measure cannot be converted to a higher-level one.

The number of counts on an indictment is what level of measurement?

Many criminal justice measures are imprecise,so reporting approximate values is:

An empirical measure that adequately reflects the meaning of the concept under consideration is known as:

Discuss the measures used to insure reliability: test-retest method,inter-rater,and split-half method.

The process of regarding as real things that are not is called ________________.

The conceptualization and operationalization processes can be seen as the specification of variables and the____________________ composing them.

In general,whenever researchers are concerned that measures obtained through coding may not be classified reliably,they should:

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