Deck 6: Interviews and Telephone Surveys

Question 1

Which of the following refers to a sampling procedure employed in telephone surveys in which random numbers are used to obtain unlisted numbers.

A)Random digit dialing
B)Blind dialing
C)Arbitrary dialing
D)Indiscriminate dialing

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is a type of interview?

A)Structured
B)Unstructured
C)Depth
D)All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

A)Close-out
B)Editing
C)Finalizing
D)Completing

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following refers to technology in which portable laptop computers are used in field interviews?

A)CART
B)CAPI
C)CATI
D)None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following are more intensive or detailed interviews that are particularly useful in life histories or case studies?

A)Structured interview
B)Unstructured interview
C)Depth interview
D)All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following refers to crime that is unmeasured by official statistics or that has not come to the notice of police?

A)Blind crime
B)Index crime
C)Dark figure of crime
D)Non-index crime

Question 7

Which of the following provides open-ended response to questions?

A)Structured interview
B)Unstructured interview
C)Depth interview
D)All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following refers to an interview technique used to narrow down sensitive responses such as income into less threatening categories or ranges.

A)Narrowing procedure
B)Subtle procedure
C)Reduction procedure
D)Branching procedure

Question 9

Which of the following is 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?

A)RRT
B)SAT
C)CRM
D)DDC

Question 10

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

A)Structured interview
B)Unstructured interview
C)Depth interview
D)All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following refers to short stories about hypothetical characteristics in specified circumstances,to whose situation the interviewee is invited to respond.

A)Scenarios
B)Vignettes
C)Parables
D)Articles

Question 12

Which of the following relieves interviewers from the task of taking on-the-spot notes and enables them to concentrate on conducting the interview?

A)SAT
B)Recording of interviews
C)Advanced training
D)All of the above

Question 13

Which of the following refers to follow-up questions)that focuses,expands,or clarifies the response given?

A)Thorough questioning
B)Complete questioning
C)FU questioning
D)Probing

Question 14

Which of the following refers to biases introduced by the interviewer?

A)Interviewer result
B)Interviewer effect
C)Interviewer influence
D)Interviewer sway

Question 15

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

A)CART
B)CAPT
C)CATI
D)None of the above

Question 16

Which of the following has software for analyzing open-ended survey responses?

A)CATI
B)CART
C)CATI
D)SPSS

Question 17

Which of the following refers to preliminary questions employed to determine appropriate respondents for the main portion of a survey?

A)Opening questions
B)Initial questions
C)Preliminary questions
D)Screening questions

Question 18

Which of the following refers to computer-assisted telephone interviewing?

A)CART
B)CAPT
C)CATI
D)None of the above

Question 19

Which of the following refers to short descriptions of future possibilities?

A)Scenarios
B)Vignettes
C)Parables
D)Articles

Question 20

Which of the following refers to surveys in which subjects are asked to report alleged victimizations.

A)Victim surveys
B)Target surveys
C)Casualty surveys
D)None of the above

Question 21

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

A)Costs
B)False reporting
C)Sampling bias
D)All of the above

Question 22

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

Question 23

In unstructured interviews,it is important for interviewers to become familiar with the flow of the questionnaire.

Question 24

The three basic forms of interviews are structured,unstructured and depth.

Question 25

Editing refers to the reviewing of the questionnaire for accuracy by the research staff.

Question 26

Interviewer effect refers to biases introduced by the interviewer.

Question 27

Target surveys involve questioning a representative sample of the population to obtain an estimate of victimization,a portion of which is not reported to the police.

Question 28

Which of the following refers to the initial interview in a panel that serves as a boundary of means of establishing exactly when events have taken place.

A)Walling
B)Barrier setting
C)Bounding
D)Setting

Question 29

Unrecorded crime,or the dark figure of crime,as it was referred to by early European criminologists,has always escaped such official statistics.

Question 30

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

Question 31

What does NCVS stand for?

A)National Corruption Value Survey
B)National Crime Victimization Survey
C)National Corroborative Value Survey
D)None of the above

Question 32

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

A)Victim's panel
B)Crime panel
C)Survey panel
D)Benchmark panel

Question 33

Because of careful planning and execution,victim surveys never experience problems relating to false reporting or sampling bias.

Question 34

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

Question 35

Structured interviews provide open-ended response to questions.

Question 36

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.

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

Examining involves asking follow-up questions to focus,expand,clarify,or further explain the response given.

Question 40

Scanning questions refer to preliminary questions employed to determine appropriate respondents for the main portion of a survey.

Question 41

Any survey involving interviewers contains the potential for interviewer bias.

Question 42

__________ provides open-ended response to questions.

Question 43

__________ 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.

Question 44

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.

Question 45

__________ refers to the biases introduced by the interviewer.

Question 46

__________ 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.

Question 47

Reverse record checks involve validation of reported behavior on the basis of studying a group whose behavior is already known.

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

In __________ it is important for interviewers to become familiar with the flow of the questionnaire.

Question 51

__________ refers to the follow-up questions that focuses,expands,or clarifies the response given.

Question 52

__________ refers to the preliminary questions employed to determine appropriate respondents for the main portion of a survey.

Question 53

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

Question 54

__________ refers to crime that is unmeasured by official statistics or that has not come to the notice of police.

Question 55

Define and discuss the three basic forms of interviews.

Question 56

__________ refers to the overagreeableness on the part of those surveyed;respondents give the researcher the response they believe is demanded or expected.

Question 57

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

Question 58

Telescoping refers to the overagreeableness on the part of those surveyed;respondents give the researcher the response they believe is demanded or expected.

Question 59

__________ are surveys in which subjects are asked to report alleged victimizations.

Question 60

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

Question 61

Identify and discuss the specific procedures identified in the test for conducting offender interviews.

Question 62

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of interviews.

Question 63

Identify and discuss the problems associated with victim surveys.

Question 64

Identify and discuss the benefits of victim surveys.