Deck 8: Unobtrusive Measures in Research

Question 1

Which type of official documentary record has increased in commonality in recent years, and is creating a goldmine of audio and visual data?

A) Videotaped records
B) Voting records
C) Police blotters
D) Newsletters

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The physical items left behind humans are called traces. The category of traces that are indicators that wear down or away over time are measures of _______________.

A) official documentary records
B) accretion
C) physical erosion
D) archival strategies

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Any type of written, drawn, or recorded (video or audio) materials produced for general or mass consumption is called ___________. Examples include newspapers, books, magazines, television program transcripts, videotapes, comics, maps, and blogs.

A) private archives
B) commercial media accounts
C) actuarial records
D) official documentary records

Answer 3

B

Question 4

An example of a type of measure is using replacement records in order to determine which of a series of high school French language tapes was most frequently used. The hypothesis would be that the tape that required the greatest amount of repair or replacement was the one most frequently used. What type of trace record is this examining?

A) Official documentary records
B) Accretion
C) Physical erosion
D) Archival strategies

Question 5

The private archival material that provides individually created content as well as links to the works of others, streaming video, and audio elements is the ___________.

A) letter
B) diary
C) autobiography
D) blog

Question 6

What aspect of research do unobtrusive measures circumvent?

A) Unethical practices
B) Researcher bias
C) Researcher reactivity
D) Unsound methods

Question 7

A type of unobtrusive research that involves examination of written materials that are organized for public examination by others, or written for an extremely small audience is called ______________.

A) official documentary records
B) accretion
C) physical erosion
D) archival strategies

Question 8

Records originally produced for a special limited audience that eventually find their way into public domain, and convey important and useful information are called________. Examples of this type of record include official court transcripts, police reports, census information, financial records, crime statistics, school records, and similar documents.

A) private archives
B) commercial media accounts
C) actuarial records
D) official documentary records

Question 9

The private archival material source that allows the writer to reflect on his or her own performance while reflecting on the performance of the people with whom he or she has interacted is the_____________.

A) letter
B) diary
C) autobiography
D) blog

Question 10

A type of record in which the author portrays a fragmented picture of life, and is interesting because of the nature of the topics discussed rather than the identity of the author is called ______.

A) private archives
B) comprehensive autobiography
C) edited autobiography
D) topical autobiography

Question 11

The physical items left behind humans are called traces. The category of traces that are indicators that build up or accumulate over time are measures of _______________.

A) official documentary records
B) accretion
C) physical erosion
D) archival strategies

Question 12

The private archival material that is geared for a dual audience, and must involve a consideration of the social roles and personal relationships of both the writer and the reader, is the_________________.

A) letter
B) diary
C) autobiography
D) blog

Question 13

Records produced for special or limited audiences that contain information such as birth and death records, records of marriages and divorces, application information held by insurance and credit companies, title, land, and deed information, or similar demographic or residential types of records are called ____________.

A) private archives
B) commercial media accounts
C) actuarial records
D) official documentary records

Question 14

A type of record in which researchers serve as editors and commentators to eliminate any repetition in descriptions, and shorten lengthy discourses. Researchers highlight selected segments and delete other segments. This type of record is called ________.

A) private archives
B) comprehensive autobiography
C) edited autobiography
D) topical autobiography

Question 15

The private archival material that can be criticized for removing evidence of the text's author through writing and other practices, but contains information on the social contours of a given time, ideological orientations of a group, or self-reflections about one's activities is the ___________.

A) letter
B) diary
C) autobiography
D) blog

Question 16

A type of record that is most familiar to novice researchers. It includes the span of life of an individual from his or her earliest recall to the time of writing the work, and includes descriptions of life experiences, personal insights, and anecdotal reminiscences. This is called _________________.

A) private archives
B) comprehensive autobiography
C) edited autobiography
D) topical autobiography

Question 17

A type of study striving to understand the relationship between mental, behavioral, and material realities that make up human consumption and disposal, including examination of diet and nutrition, recycling, waste disposal techniques, food waste, and food recovery is called _________________.

A) science of garbology
B) official documentary records
C) crime analysis
D) actuarial records

Question 18

The most widely accepted type of private archival material used in research is the ___________.

A) letter
B) diary
C) autobiography
D) blog

Question 19

An underutilized type of private archival material used in research is the ___________________.

A) letter
B) diary
C) autobiography
D) blog

Question 20

Officers reading local newspapers from across the state, looking for articles about fraudulent bank checks, car thefts, certain con-games, and other patterns of criminal behaviors to create charts of cities and crimes is an example of _____________.

A) science of garbology
B) official documentary records
C) crime analysis
D) actuarial records

Question 21

Using the wear down of tiles in a museum to estimate the popularity of certain exhibits is an example of _________________.

A) official documentary records
B) accretion
C) physical erosion
D) archival strategies

Question 22

What is physical erosion, and what is an example of an erosion study?

Question 23

What is physical accretion, and what is an example of an accretion study?

Question 24

Using the court transcripts of the O.J. Simpson trial to create a commentary on the exchanges between the defense and prosecution is an example of ______________.

A) actuarial records
B) accretion
C) physical erosion
D) archival strategies

Question 25

Explain what type of unobtrusive data collection a personal letter is, and describe an example of when letters have been used in research scenarios.

Question 26

What is the diary method, and what are the advantages to using it?

Question 27

Define commercial media accounts, and give an example of how they can be used as an unobtrusive data source.

Question 28

Explain what research technique researchers should use to corroborate unobtrusive data sources (especially physical trace sources), and why.

Question 29

Using a blogger's entries as a digital journal of the blog writer's life to study an aspect of the blogger population is an example of using which type of unobtrusive method?

A) Official documentary records
B) Accretion
C) Physical erosion
D) Archival strategies

Question 30

Why is video record becoming such a valuable research tool?

Question 31

Which research technique must researchers be sure to employ to corroborate data obtained unobtrusively?

A) Science of garbology
B) Covert observations
C) Triangulation
D) Coding

Question 32

Define unobtrusive research, and explain how it works.

Question 33

An example of a type of measure is an analysis of the possessions that people of wealth display conspicuously to explain the social identities of the leisure class. What type of trace record is this study examining?

A) Qfficial documentary records
B) Accretion
C) Physical erosion
D) Archival strategies

Question 34

What are the three types of autobiographies, and how are they used?

Question 35

What ethical concern do researchers need to be aware of when using unobtrusive data?

Question 36

Define actuarial records and give an example of how they can be used as an unobtrusive data source.

Question 37

Using publicly published police records and the accompanying video or audio recordings of the police report to study crimes committed during the day or evening of the published account is an example of which type of unobtrusive method?

A) Official documentary records
B) Accretion
C) Physical erosion
D) Archival strategies

Question 38

Examining graffiti in a neighborhood to create a typology of symbolic messages in various graffiti renderings is an example of _________________.

A) official documentary records
B) accretion
C) physical erosion
D) archival strategies

Question 39

Define official documentary records, and provide an example of their use as an unobtrusive data source.

Question 40

Studying tombstones to create social comparisons between cemetery structure and social structure is an example of _____________.

A) official documentary records
B) accretion
C) physical erosion
D) archival strategies