Question 1

In order to maintain transparency and ethical standards of research, researchers may file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain all nonclassified data on a subject. Why is this legislation important?

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Question 2

Content analysis usually produces quantitative data that can be analyzed statistically.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What are the benefits of conducting a secondary data analysis?

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Question 4

Which type of datasets are primarily warehoused at ICPSR?

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A)   surveys
B)   official records
C)   official statistics
D)   all of these D

Question 5

The first step in a content analysis is to design coding procedures for the variables to be measured.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is considered a step in content analysis research?

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A)   Identify a population of documents or other textual sources for study.
B)   Determine the units of analysis.
C)   Select a sample of units from the population.
D)   all of these

Question 7

Research projects using secondary data analysis never need to be reviewed by institutional review boards.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a dataset that exists in the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) ?

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A)   Gang Involvement in Rock Cocaine Trafficking in Los Angeles, 1984-1985
B)   Criminal Careers and Crime Control in Massachusetts
C)   Changing Patterns of Drug Use and Criminality Among Crack Cocaine Users in New York City: Criminal Histories and CJ Processing, 1983-1984, 1986
D)   All of these

Question 9

Which of the following is an accurate statement about coding procedures in content analysis?

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A)   The meaning of words and phrases never changes.
B)   Homographs are not an issue.
C)   Some phrases have special meanings.
D)   All coders interpret phrases in the same way. C

Question 10

Which of the following is an accurate finding from Thayer's research on police size and community affluence?

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A)   Poorer areas had more police than wealthier areas.
B)   Wealthier areas had more police than poor areas.
C)   No relationship existed between police size and community affluence.
D)   Wealthier areas had more police than poor areas but only in the Northeast.

Question 11

All of the following are accurate statements about the availability of secondary qualitative data EXCEPT ______.

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A)   there are fewer qualitative studies available than quantitative studies
B)   the number of available qualitative studies is growing
C)   there are more qualitative studies available than quantitative studies
D)   England has been a leading contributor to the archiving of qualitative data

Question 12

Define oral histories.

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Data collected throu...

Question 13

Once coding procedures are developed for content analysis, their reliability should be assessed by ______.

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A)   testing and refining the coding procedures
B)   determining the units of analysis
C)   comparing different coders' codes for the same variables
D)   identifying a population of documents for study

Question 14

There are four major types of secondary data: surveys, official statistics, official records, and other historical documents.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 15

Which of the following is a sampling strategy used in qualitative research where researchers select cases because they reflect theoretically important distinctions?

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A)   systematic random sampling
B)   simple random sampling
C)   snowball sampling
D)   purposive sampling

Question 16

A researcher wants to compare current plea-bargaining practices in the United States with practices in Mexico. This is an example of which type of analysis:?

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A)   crime mapping
B)   transnational research
C)   descriptive comparative research
D)   true experiment

Question 17

A researcher wants to examine contemporary human trafficking, in particular the process in which individuals from another country illegally enter the United States. This is an example of which type of analysis?

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A)   transnational research
B)   crime mapping
C)   narrative analysis
D)   true experiment

Question 18

Discuss several methodological challenges with historical research.

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Documents and other evidence may have be...

Question 19

Compare and contrast descriptive and analytic comparative research.

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Descriptive comparative research is rese...

Question 20

Developing reliable and valid coding procedures in content analysis is an easy and straightforward task.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Analyzing Content: Research Using Secondary, Historical, and Comparative Data, and Content Analysis

In order to maintain transparency and ethical standards of research, researchers may file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain all nonclassified data on a subject. Why is this legislation important?

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Content analysis usually produces quantitative data that can be analyzed statistically.

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What are the benefits of conducting a secondary data analysis?

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Which type of datasets are primarily warehoused at ICPSR?

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The first step in a content analysis is to design coding procedures for the variables to be measured.

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Which of the following is considered a step in content analysis research?

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Research projects using secondary data analysis never need to be reviewed by institutional review boards.

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Which of the following is an example of a dataset that exists in the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) ?

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Which of the following is an accurate finding from Thayer's research on police size and community affluence?

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All of the following are accurate statements about the availability of secondary qualitative data EXCEPT ______.

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Define oral histories.

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Once coding procedures are developed for content analysis, their reliability should be assessed by ______.

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There are four major types of secondary data: surveys, official statistics, official records, and other historical documents.

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Which of the following is a sampling strategy used in qualitative research where researchers select cases because they reflect theoretically important distinctions?

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A researcher wants to compare current plea-bargaining practices in the United States with practices in Mexico. This is an example of which type of analysis:?

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A researcher wants to examine contemporary human trafficking, in particular the process in which individuals from another country illegally enter the United States. This is an example of which type of analysis?

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Discuss several methodological challenges with historical research.

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Compare and contrast descriptive and analytic comparative research.

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