Statistics For Criminology And Criminal Justice 4th Edition Bachman - Test Bank

Chapter 1: The Purpose of Statistics in the Criminological Sciences

Test Bank

1. Which type of research seeks to identify cases and effects of social phenomena, to predict how dependent variable will change or vary in response to variation in the independent variable?

a. Descriptive

*b. Explanatory

c. Evaluation

d. Case Study

@ Answer Location: The Role of Statistical Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Explanatory Research; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Question Type: MC

2. A researcher is analyzing one’s fear of crime and how gender, race, class, and age all have an effect. Which would be the dependent variable?

a. Gender

b. Class

c. Age

*d. Fear of Crime

@ Answer Location: The Role of Statistical Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Explanatory Research; Cognitive Domain: Application; Question Type: MC

3. Which of the following would NOT be an example of evaluation research?

a. Analyzing the effect the D.A.R.E. program has on students using drugs

b. Analyzing a reading intervention program to understand if students’ literacy levels increased

*c. Analyzing the concentration of gun crimes in hot spots

d. Analyzing the effect of job training and education programs on the likelihood of recidivism by ex-felons

@ Answer Location: The Role of Statistical Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Evaluation Research; Cognitive Domain: Application; Question Type: MC

4. A _________________ is a smaller group of data that is selected from a population.

a. micro-group

*b. sample

c. sub-sample

d. sampling error

@ Answer Location: Populations and Samples; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Question Type: MC

5. What is considered to be the fundamental aspect of probability sampling?

a. Populations

b. Samples

c. Unbiased selection

*d. Random selection

@ Answer Location: How Do We Obtain a Sample; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Question Type: MC

6. If you wanted to select a sample by generating random numbers to select cases from the population, which type of sampling would you use?

*a. Simple random sample

b. Systematic random sample

c. Multistage cluster sample

d. Stratified sample

@ Answer Location: Probability Sampling Techniques: Simple Random Samples; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Question Type: MC

7. Which type of sampling technique allows the researcher to select subjects based solely on convenience?

a. Simple random sample

b. Quota sample

*c. Availability sample

d. Purposive sample

@ Answer Location: Nonprobability Sampling Techniques: Availability Samples; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Question Type: MC

8. Which type of statistic involves collecting, organizing, and summarizing data?

a. Inferential

b. Experimental

*c. Descriptive

d. Sample

@Answer Location: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics; Cognitive Domain: Application; Question Type: MC

9. The larger the sampling error, the _________________ representative the sample is of the population.

*a. less

b. more

c. same

d. better

@Answer Location: Validity in Criminological Research; Cognitive Domain: Application; Question Type: MC

10. If a researcher was trying to analyze drug use among high school students and gave the survey at several different points in time to ensure the results were approximately the same, for what would the researcher check their measure?

a. Sample quality

b. Sample error

c. Validity

*d. Reliability

@Answer Location: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Question Type: MC

11. Random surveys are the best way to gather information about the magnitude of violent victimization according to many social scientists?

*a. True

b. False

@ Answer Location: The Role of Statistical Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Question Type: TF

12. When a research seeks to identify the cause and effect of a social phenomenon, they are participating in evaluation research.

a. True

*b. False

@ Answer Location: The Role of Statistical Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Explanatory Research; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Question Type: TF

13. The true experimental design is a very strong research method for determining the effects of programs or policies.

*a. True

b. False

@ Answer Location: The Role of Statistical Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Evaluation Research; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Question Type: TF