Question 1

The Concentration Index CI)measures income equality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In order to measure poverty, Thacher created a measure called the

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A)  Income Index II) 
B)  Culture Forces Index CFI) 
C)  Concentration Index CI) 
D)  None of the above

Question 3

After coding procedures are developed, the reliability should be assessed by comparing different coders' codes for the same variable.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data provides

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A)  More than 1,000 criminal justice data collections to private researchers
B)  600+ criminal justice data collections to the public
C)  The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program data
D)  Both B and C

Question 5

The goal of content analysis is to develop

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A)  Instincts from text
B)  Identifying instincts from a population
C)  Inferences from text
D)  A sample of units from the population

Question 6

The most unique source of qualitative data available for researchers in the U.S.is

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A)  The ICPSR
B)  The NCVS
C)  The National Jail Census
D)  The Human Relations Area Files HRAF) at Yale University

Question 7

What are the four major types of secondary data analysis?

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In general, there are four major types o...

Question 8

Challenges in data collection in comparative research include

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A)  Uncertainty about methods of data collection
B)  Lack of a maximal fit between concepts in the primary study and concepts in the current investigation
C)  Lack of knowledge about qualifications of who was responsible for data collection
D)  All of the above

Question 9

Unofficial records are a major type of secondary data.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Crime mapping is generally used to identify the

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A)  General distribution of social disorganization in certain mapped areas
B)  Spatial distribution of crime along social indicators such as poverty and social disorganization
C)  Location of crime analyses but not to communicate results
D)  All of the above

Question 11

Researchers who rely on secondary data make trade-offs between

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A)  Their desire to ask key questions in addition to a dataset
B)  Their ability to use a particular dataset and the specific hypothesis they can test
C)  The adequacy of an abandoned dataset and a less adequate source of data
D)  Their ability to ask questions that cannot be modified and available data that has been modified

Question 12

What are some of the datasets available from ICPSR that are appropriate for crime research?

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In general, there are four major types o...

Question 13

A well-known dataset that collects information on historical and contemporary population characteristics is conducted by the

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A)  National Crime Victimization Survey
B)  Federal Correction Facilities Survey of Inmates) 
C)  State Census
D)  U.S.Census Bureau

Question 14

What is the NACJD? What types of data are available?

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The National Archive of Criminal Justice...

Question 15

Archer and Gartner created the Comparative Crime Data File CCDF) in 1984 in order to, among other things, determine if

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A)  War might decrease the homicide rates within a nation once a war ends
B)  War might increase the homicide rates within a nation once a war ends
C)  War would have no effect on homicide rates
D)  War might only have an effect on homicide rates if it crossed several borders

Question 16

Research that seeks to understand how national systems work is called analytic comparative research.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Rosenfeld, Bray and Egley 1999) studied whether gang membership

Accepted Answer

A)  Pushed members to engage in violence or merely exposed them to violent persons and situations
B)  Kept members from engaging in violence by not exposing them to violent persons
C)  Encouraged members to engage in a small amount of gang violence
D)  Encouraged members to avoid gang-motivated research in general

Question 18

The Freedom of Information Act FOIA) stipulates that

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A)  Only persons who have a security clearance of top secret or above can have access to agency records
B)  Most persons may have a right to records unless records are exempted
C)  All persons have a right to access all federal agency records unless the records are specifically exempted
D)  Many persons may have a right to access non-federal agency records

Question 19

The process of using a geographic information system to conduct special analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues is known as crime mapping

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Thacher's study 2011) studied whether racial/ethnic distribution and socioeconomic status had an influence on the degree to which a jurisdiction protected these resources by utilizing

Accepted Answer

A)  UCR police data
B)  U) S.Census data
C)  Both A and B
D)  None of the above

Exam 9: Analyzing Content

Researchers who rely on secondary data make trade-offs between

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A well-known dataset that collects information on historical and contemporary population characteristics is conducted by the

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What is the NACJD? What types of data are available?

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Archer and Gartner created the Comparative Crime Data File CCDF) in 1984 in order to, among other things, determine if

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The Freedom of Information Act FOIA) stipulates that

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What are the four major types of secondary data analysis?

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Thacher's study 2011) studied whether racial/ethnic distribution and socioeconomic status had an influence on the degree to which a jurisdiction protected these resources by utilizing

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The process of using a geographic information system to conduct special analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues is known as crime mapping

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Unofficial records are a major type of secondary data.

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What are some of the datasets available from ICPSR that are appropriate for crime research?

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In order to measure poverty, Thacher created a measure called the

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Rosenfeld, Bray and Egley 1999) studied whether gang membership

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After coding procedures are developed, the reliability should be assessed by comparing different coders' codes for the same variable.

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Research that seeks to understand how national systems work is called analytic comparative research.

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Challenges in data collection in comparative research include

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The goal of content analysis is to develop

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The Concentration Index CI)measures income equality.

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Crime mapping is generally used to identify the

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The most unique source of qualitative data available for researchers in the U.S.is

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The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data provides

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