Question 1

It may be possible to use a(n)________________ source of data in which criminal justice agency staff collect information for specific research purposes that they typically would not have collected.

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Question 2

When using agency records as a data source, the researcher must always keep changes in operational definitions and changes in _______________ in mind because of their potential impact upon validity and reliability.

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Question 3

Identify three different types of agencies where records would be important in the criminal justice system.Discuss the types of published statistics each agency would produce.What are the specific reliability and validity problems with each?

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Question 4

Generally speaking, secondary data are least useful when the purpose of research is ______________.

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Question 5

Information that is collected by other people often as a part of their day-to-day work in a justice agency, but used by someone else for research purposes is referred to as ________________________ of existing data.

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Question 6

Suggest a content analysis project that could be completed by the class. Discuss the units of analysis and the sampling for this project.Further, discuss the coding that you would use if you were required to complete this project.

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Question 7

The potential for ________________ increases as the number of clerical entries increases.

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Question 8

Manifest and latent content can be distinguished by the degree of _________ required in measurement.

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Question 9

Using agency records (published statistics, nonpublic agency records and new data collected by agency staff);content analysis and secondary analysis give an example of an applied research project that would use each of the identified methods.

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Question 10

The main disadvantage of using secondary data concerns how variables were initially operationalized and whether the secondary data provide _______ measures of the variables you want to analyze.

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Question 11

Content analysis is really a(n)__________ operation that represents the measurement process.

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Question 12

In content analysis, one may code the underlying meaning of a communication which is often referred to as the ________________ content.

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Question 13

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of secondary data and give an example of each.

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Question 14

In content analysis one may code the visible, surface content known as the ___________.

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Quiz 9: Agency Records, Content Analysis, and Secondary Data