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CJUS/601 CJUS601 CJUS 601 WEEK 3 QUIZ


Question 1
A researcher proposes to use a construct validation approach to a new measure of criminal
intentions. Which of the following might have been her proposed approach to validation?
Question 2
Which of the following is not an aspect of the requirement that subjects give informed consent to
participate in research?
Question 3
In a national survey of drug abuse, the variable "frequency of use" is measured by asking
respondents to rate their levels of drug use. The ratings are made on a scale from 1 (low levels) to 5
(high levels). The level of measurement is:
Question 4
What type of measures are used to study groups or individuals without their knowledge?Question 5
High school seniors in a small town are asked a series of questions to measure the frequency of
their drinking and driving. The students give consistent answers to the series of questions, but
police records indicate that drinking and driving is much more common than indicated by the
students' responses. This suggests that the measure of frequency of drinking and driving is:Question 6
In order to ensure openness and honesty in research all but which of the following should be, if not
published, at least open to public scrutiny?
Question 7
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:
Question 8
Which of the following classifications of subjects cannot legally give consent on their own?Question 9
If the internal consistency of an index is low:
Question 10
Which of the following is not a positivist guideline about how to conduct research?
Question 11
If a probation officer checks selfreports
of drug use with urine tests she is using:Question 12
Deception in research is sometimes necessary in order to:
Question 13
Operationalization is the process of:
Question 14
Researchers apply the term face validity to the confidence gained from:
Question 15
A researcher wants to determine if prosecuting (rather than simply arresting) domestic violence
offenders will lower the rate of domestic violence. Write an essay in which you outline relevant
ethical concerns. Are the ethical concerns of this study different than those for studies examining
the influence of arrest on domestic violence?

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