CJUS 601 Quiz 3

CJUS 601 Quiz 3 Liberty University

CJUS 601 Quiz: Research Ethics, Conceptualization, and Crime Data

Covers the Textbook material from Module 3: Week 3.

1. The scientific concern with validity requires that
2. When a series of similar questions is used instead of one question to measure the same concept, it is known as
3. What famous prison simulation raised questions about the ethical treatment of subjects?
4. All _______ research, including criminological research, is the effort to connect theory and empirical data.
5. The process of specifying what we mean by a term is known as
6. When the range of responses to a question cannot be adequately anticipated, _____________ questions are preferable
7. The _________ Report (1979) from the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare established three basic ethical principles for the protection of human subjects.
8. Milgram believed that
9. When a respondent is offered explicit responses from which to choose an answer to a question, they are answering a(n)
10. Of the following violations to general ethical rules, which is the most common and most acceptable, if properly addressed?
11. After a research project is completed, a vital element in maintaining openness and honesty is that the information should be
12. Which of the following comes closest to describing the purpose of an IRB?
13. Consistency of ratings by an observer of an unchanging phenomenon at two or more points in time shows
14. Research that uses human subjects is:
15. Reliability and validity of research are related to one another. One of these is required for the other to occur, but not the other way around. Which is required to produce the other? Explain.

Set 2

1. To be informed consent, it must be give by the persons who are
2. The ACJS Code of Ethics stipulates that
3. The scientific concern with validity requires that
4. What famous prison simulation raised questions about the ethical treatment of subjects?
5. Consistency of ratings by an observer of an unchanging phenomenon at two or more points in time shows
6. Research that uses human subjects is:
7. Obtaining informed consent may create challenges for the researcher, such as
8. Of the following violations to general ethical rules, which is the most common and most acceptable, if properly addressed?
9. When the range of responses to a question cannot be adequately anticipated, _____________ questions are preferable
10. Observations can be used to measure characteristics of
11. After a research project is completed, a vital element in maintaining openness and honesty is that the information should be
12. The _________ Report (1979) from the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare established three basic ethical principles for the protection of human subjects.
13. Milgram believed that
14. When a researcher collects data about individuals or groups without their direct knowledge or participation, he/she is using which technique?
15. A researcher wants to examine whether delinquents have lower IQs than non-delinquents. To measure IQ, she utilizes a self-report survey containing 50 questions. Describe three methods that could be used to assess the reliability of this measure of IQ. Explain the rationale of each method.

Set 1

1. Which of the following comes closest to describing the purpose of an IRB?
2. The _________ Report (1979) from the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare established three basic ethical principles for the protection of human subjects.
3. When a series of similar questions is used instead of one question to measure the same concept, it is known as
4. Of the following violations to general ethical rules, which is the most common and most acceptable, if properly addressed?
5. When a respondent is offered explicit responses from which to choose an answer to a question, they are answering a(n)
6. Obtaining informed consent may create challenges for the researcher, such as
7. The scientific concern with validity requires that
8. Milgram believed that
9. Research that uses human subjects is:
10. A variable has measurement validity when
11. Consistency of ratings by an observer of an unchanging phenomenon at two or more points in time shows
12. When information is gathered by researchers and there are no identifying characteristics which would allow the researchers to match up results to individual subjects, this illustrates:
13. The process of specifying what we mean by a term is known as
14. Sherman and Berk’s research on police response to domestic violence was
15. Reliability and validity of research are related to one another. One of these is required for the other to occur, but not the other way around. Which is required to produce the other? Explain.

Set 2

1. The scientific concern with validity requires that
2. Of the following violations to general ethical rules, which is the most common and most acceptable, if properly addressed?
3. Obtaining informed consent may create challenges for the researcher, such as
4. Observations can be used to measure characteristics of
5. Which of the following comes closest to describing the purpose of an IRB?
6. The process of specifying what we mean by a term is known as
7. Consistency of ratings by an observer of an unchanging phenomenon at two or more points in time shows
8. After a research project is completed, a vital element in maintaining openness and honesty is that the information should be
9. When information is gathered by researchers and there are no identifying characteristics which would allow the researchers to match up results to individual subjects, this illustrates:
10. When a series of similar questions is used instead of one question to measure the same concept, it is known as
11. When a respondent is offered explicit responses from which to choose an answer to a question, they are answering a(n)
12. Milgram believed that
13. The ACJS Code of Ethics stipulates that
14. A variable has measurement validity when
15. Propose measures of drug use at the nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio levels. Suggest procedures for establishing the validity and reliability of all of your drug measures. Explain your rationale for each procedure.

Set 3

1. Which of the following classifications of subjects cannot legally give consent on their own?
2. Before their release, prison inmates are asked to fill out a risk assessment questionnaire which assesses the likelihood that an inmate will re-offend. A researcher later corroborates the risk assessments with official arrest statistics. This is an example of:
3. Cory wrote a proposal to study the impact of birth order on aggressiveness. One of his first steps was to review definitions of aggressiveness in other research studies. This illustrates the first step in the process of:
4. Understanding the meanings people give reality instead of how reality works is the goal of:
5. Committees which review research proposals for adherence to ethical guidelines are called ______________ Review Boards.
6. Which of the following is not a requirement of obtaining informed consent?
7. The extent to which measures indicate what they are intended to measure is called:
8. A measure will have intraobserver reliability if:
9. Researchers apply the term face validity to the confidence gained from:
10. A variable’s level of measurement indicates:
11. What type of measures are used to study groups or individuals without their knowledge?
12. The domestic violence study conducted in 1984 by Sherman and Berk had an ethical concern in that:
13. An observer examines the behavior of high school dropouts on several occasions to measure the frequency of their alcohol use. Later, it turns out that the observer’s ratings have minimal association with each other. This indicates a problem with:
14. A politician is worried that fear of crime is increasing. A survey is given to community residents to measure fear of crime. To check the criterion validity of this measure, the politician should:
15. Propose a research question and a research project in which the subjects may be harmed? Do you believe this project could pass IRB approval? Why or why not?