Deck 37: Understanding Criminological Research

Question 1

Dependent and independent variables are the same.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Qualitative research tends to be:

A)based on smaller samples
B)inductive
C)based on statistics

Answer 2

based on smaller samples
inductive

Question 3

What are the advantages of survey methods?

A)standardised questions can be asked effectively
B)they can be used for large scale studies
C)they are very personal

Answer 3

standardised questions can be asked effectively
they can be used for large scale studies

Question 4

What are the basic rules for asking questions in interviews?

A)Don't use leading questions
B)Don't ask anything personal
C)Don't ask two questions in one

Question 5

What are three different types of interview?

A)interrogative
B)semi-structured
C)structured
D)unstructured

Question 6

For survey based questionnaires, what is the difference between open and closed questions?

Question 7

What is the role of the moderator at a focus group?

Question 8

What is at the heart of much ethnographic research?

Question 9

Why is some research covert?

Question 10

Quantitative research tends to be:

A)large scale
B)small scale
C)deductive

Question 11

What is a focus group?

A)a scientific method
B)a means of counselling
C)a form of group interview

Question 12

Before conducting a structured interview you will need to prepare an 'interview guide'.

Question 13

Where large samples are concerned it will generally be structured interviewing that is required.

Question 14

Focus groups should be as large as possible.

Question 15

Ethnography is based on anthropological methods

Question 16

What is meant by 'sampling' in social research?

A)sending out questionnaires
B)selecting respondents from a larger population
C)looking at different types of criminal activities

Question 17

What is triangulation?

A)social constructivism
B)a type of ethnographic method
C)looking at a particular phenomenon from a number of different points

Question 18

Why might an internet based survey have a high probability of systematic bias ?

A)people will delete the email
B)some groups will not have access to the internet
C)it will be very expensive to run

Question 19

What is the optimum number of unstructured or in-depth interviews to be conducted?

A)5-10
B)over 100
C)40-70