Question 1

Descriptive comparative research seeks to understand the structure, nature or scope of a nation's or nations')criminal justice systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The Revised Domestic Violence Screening Instrument DVSI-R)Williams, 2012)is used to

Accepted Answer

A)  Determine the effectiveness of domestic violence programs
B)  Create Big Data for perpetrators of domestic violence prior to arrest
C)  Document decreasing rates of victimization since more victims are willing to come forward
D)  Determine the risk of recidivism by perpetrators of domestic violence D

Question 3

Using the CCDF, Archer and Gartner found that very few combatant nations experienced substantial increases in homicide following a war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The population of documents selected for analysis should be appropriate to the research question of interest and one of the first steps should be to determine the

Accepted Answer

A)  units of analysis to be studied
B)  Concentration Index to be studied
C)  easily identifiable crime maps for an area
D)  underlying factors in interpreting crimes

Question 5

Shaw and McKay conducted a landmark analysis in criminology on

Accepted Answer

A)  Adult crime in New York neighborhoods
B)  Juvenile delinquency in Chicago neighborhoods
C)  Adult crime in Chicago neighborhoods
D)  Juvenile delinquency in New York neighborhoods

Question 6

One issue with historical data is that for a variety of reasons)it may be an unrepresentative selection of materials from the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The analysis of data that were originally collected by someone else at another time is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Primary data collection
B)  Stolen data collection
C)  Secondary data analysis
D)  Public domain information

Question 8

Big Data is a dataset that is accessible in computer readable form to reveal small variances between variables.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Different cultural and linguistic contexts can limit confidence in

Accepted Answer

A)  Measures
B)  Samples
C)  Causal conclusions
D)  All of the above

Question 10

There many more qualitative datasets available for secondary analysis as quantitative datasets.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Even when data are collected by an official government agency, there may be concern with

Accepted Answer

A)  Similarities in data collection systems
B)  Political pressures placed on a population after they participated in research
C)  Data quality
D)  The fact that secondary data may not be used to study crime

Question 12

When using content analysis, the researcher must define the categories into which the units are to be coded and then determine the unit of text to be coded.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A problem that comparative researchers often face is

Accepted Answer

A)  Too much data from historical or geographical periods
B)  A lack of data from some historical periods
C)  A lack of data from some geographical units
D)  Both B and C

Question 14

There is no ethical concern for subject confidentiality when original records are analyzed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A very large dataset that is accessible in computer-readable form that is used to reveal patterns, trends, and associations between variables is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Mega Data
B)  Big Data
C)  Large Datasets
D)  All of these are interchangeable mean the same thing)

Question 16

Research that compares data from more than one time period is called comparative research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The General Social Survey is an annual survey high school seniors since 1972)that collects attitudinal information about

Accepted Answer

A)  Social issues
B)  Alcohol use
C)  Drug use
D)  All of the above

Question 18

Which is a methodological challenge for comparative research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Small numbers of cases
B)  Spotty historical records
C)  Variable cross-national record-keeping practices
D)  All of the above

Question 19

Data quality is never a concern with secondary data because they are collected by official agencies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

If you use geographic units such as nations to be sampled for comparative purposes, it is assumed that

Accepted Answer

A)  Nations are dependent on each other, which makes it easier to find similarities to compare
B)  Geography doesn't matter that much in this type of sampling
C)  Common international influences do not affect nations in a way that would disturb the sample
D)  Nations are independent of each other in terms of the variables being examined

Exam 9: Analyzing Content

Descriptive comparative research seeks to understand the structure, nature or scope of a nation's or nations')criminal justice systems.

The Revised Domestic Violence Screening Instrument DVSI-R) Williams, 2012) is used to

Using the CCDF, Archer and Gartner found that very few combatant nations experienced substantial increases in homicide following a war.

The population of documents selected for analysis should be appropriate to the research question of interest and one of the first steps should be to determine the

Shaw and McKay conducted a landmark analysis in criminology on

One issue with historical data is that for a variety of reasons)it may be an unrepresentative selection of materials from the past.

The analysis of data that were originally collected by someone else at another time is known as

Big Data is a dataset that is accessible in computer readable form to reveal small variances between variables.

Different cultural and linguistic contexts can limit confidence in

There many more qualitative datasets available for secondary analysis as quantitative datasets.

Even when data are collected by an official government agency, there may be concern with

When using content analysis, the researcher must define the categories into which the units are to be coded and then determine the unit of text to be coded.

A problem that comparative researchers often face is

There is no ethical concern for subject confidentiality when original records are analyzed.

A very large dataset that is accessible in computer-readable form that is used to reveal patterns, trends, and associations between variables is known as

Research that compares data from more than one time period is called comparative research.

The General Social Survey is an annual survey high school seniors since 1972) that collects attitudinal information about

Which is a methodological challenge for comparative research?

Data quality is never a concern with secondary data because they are collected by official agencies.

If you use geographic units such as nations to be sampled for comparative purposes, it is assumed that