Question 1

Researchers who rely on secondary data inevitably make trade-offs between their ability to use a particular data set and ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   the specific hypotheses they can test
B)   their choice of the data set
C)   why they think they may not be able to match the analytic possibilities presented by the data
D)   the potential harm in collecting primary data

Question 2

Geospatial locations within jurisdictions where crimes are more likely to occur compared to other areas are known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   hot locations
B)   hot spots
C)   heat-seeking spots
D)   crime spots

Question 3

One of the first graphical applications of social networks was created by Jacob Moreno to examine friendship choices, in his classic book ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   The Social Network
B)   Friendship Survival
C)   Who Shall Survive?
D)   The Sociometry Test

Question 4

Responsible use of secondary data requires a good understanding of the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   individual researchers involved
B)   concepts in the current research
C)   primary data source
D)   print media's reaction

Question 5

Krebs' analysis shows the benefits of SNA to describe the strength of the relationships for the 9/11/2001 terrorists, concluding that the best solution for network disruption may be to discover possible suspects and then through ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   contextual analysis better understand the network
B)   considering census sampling
C)   snowball sampling, map their ego networks
D)   probability sampling, then follow up with nonprobability sampling

Question 6

What is Google Ngrams? What does it show? Why is it an important tool?

Accepted Answer

Ngrams is produced by Google's database,...

Question 7

If all information that could be used in any way to identify respondents cannot be removed from a data set, ICPSR will not allow access to the data to anyone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is content analysis? What is the goal of a content analysis?

Accepted Answer

Content analysis is "the systematic, obj...

Question 9

What ethical issues are there when analyzing available data and content?

Accepted Answer

When analyzing data collected by others,...

Question 10

Crime mapping allows law enforcement agencies to estimate where hot spots of crime are occurring.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is Risk-Terrain Modeling? How does it differ from Crime Mapping?

Accepted Answer

Crime mapping allows law enforcement age...

Question 12

Often, a comprehensive archive can provide the primary data for analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Modeling that uses data from several sources to predict the probability of crime occurring in the future, using the underlying factors of the environment that are associated with illegal behavior is ______ modeling.

Accepted Answer

A)   risk topical
B)   rated terrain
C)   risk-terrain
D)   rated topical

Question 14

Reliable use of secondary data requires a good understanding of the primary data source.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Subject confidentiality is a key concern when original records are analyzed with secondary data but not Big Data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is "Big Data"? Give an example.

Accepted Answer

When do secondary data become what is no...

Question 17

Crime mapping for research purposes ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   has been around only since 2000
B)   has a very long history
C)   is a relatively new finding (since 1980) 
D)   has been shown to be most effective with pushpins and maps

Question 18

The goal of the research by Fitterer, Nelson, and Nathoo (2015)  was to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   describe BNE data in Oregon
B)   use data from the early time period to predict later occurrences of BNE
C)   use data from later time periods to predict BNEs
D)   create a data base of nationwide BNEs

Question 19

The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research carefully examines all data deposited in the archive for the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   possibility of disclosure risk
B)   inevitability of disclosure of information
C)   probability of information disclosure
D)   insensitivity of information risk

Question 20

What types of challenges does analysis of secondary data have?

Accepted Answer

Analysis of secondary data presents seve...

Exam 9: Analyzing Content and Police Data: Social-Network Analysis, Crime Mapping, Big Data, and Content Analysis

What is content analysis? What is the goal of a content analysis?

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One of the first graphical applications of social networks was created by Jacob Moreno to examine friendship choices, in his classic book ______.

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Crime mapping allows law enforcement agencies to estimate where hot spots of crime are occurring.

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The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research carefully examines all data deposited in the archive for the ______.

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Reliable use of secondary data requires a good understanding of the primary data source.

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The goal of the research by Fitterer, Nelson, and Nathoo (2015) was to ______.

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What is Risk-Terrain Modeling? How does it differ from Crime Mapping?

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Researchers who rely on secondary data inevitably make trade-offs between their ability to use a particular data set and ______.

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What is Google Ngrams? What does it show? Why is it an important tool?

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Crime mapping for research purposes ______.

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What is "Big Data"? Give an example.

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What types of challenges does analysis of secondary data have?

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If all information that could be used in any way to identify respondents cannot be removed from a data set, ICPSR will not allow access to the data to anyone.

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Krebs' analysis shows the benefits of SNA to describe the strength of the relationships for the 9/11/2001 terrorists, concluding that the best solution for network disruption may be to discover possible suspects and then through ______.

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Often, a comprehensive archive can provide the primary data for analysis.

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Responsible use of secondary data requires a good understanding of the ______.

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What ethical issues are there when analyzing available data and content?

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Subject confidentiality is a key concern when original records are analyzed with secondary data but not Big Data.

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Geospatial locations within jurisdictions where crimes are more likely to occur compared to other areas are known as ______.

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Modeling that uses data from several sources to predict the probability of crime occurring in the future, using the underlying factors of the environment that are associated with illegal behavior is ______ modeling.

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