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

The "Dayton Water Survey" was an example of an unobtrusive measure.

_________________ involves the reanalysis of data that were previously gathered for other purposes.

_________________ is the study of deposits, accretion of matter, and other indirect substances produced by previous human interaction.

Automated pin mapping uses geographic information systems in order to identify locations of crime events, arrests and similar activities.

Hagan's study of authors' definitions of organized crime represents an example of:

Offender-based transaction statistics begin with finger printing and end when the case is dismissed or the arrested person is acquitted, convicted, or sentenced.

The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data is an electronic library of primary data.

One way of avoiding problems of unobtrusive measurement in the field is through the use of simulations.

The major concern with respect to Milgram's Obedience to Authority was:

Simulation involves the transfer of observations into numerical scores.

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

Secondary analysis involves the reanalysis of data which has already been gathered by someone else.