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This midterm exam focuses on research methods and ethical considerations in criminal justice.

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JADM250 Midterm Exam: Research Methods and Ethical Considerations in Criminal Justice - Page 1 preview imageJADM250 Midterm Exam: Research Methods and Ethical Considerations inCriminal JusticeDevry JADM250 midterm examQuestion 1.1. (TCO 1) The idea that knowledge generates power, and conversely, powergenerates knowledge, is called__________________. (Points : 4)the power continuumthe corruption of powerthe knowledge/power dynamiccircular reasoningnone of the aboveQuestion 2.2. (TCO 1) What is the primary source of information on criminal victimization inthe United States? (Points : 4)The Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe National Crime Victimization SurveyThe American Victimization AssociationThe National Department of Victims of CrimeThe Department of VictimizationQuestion 3.3. (TCO 1) Nonreactive research is _____________. (Points : 4)a method that involves the collection and reanalysis of existing quantitative dataa nonreactive method used to examine the content, or information and symbols, contained inwritten documents or other communication mediathe unobtrusive collection of data that have usually been left behind by othersa method that uses a written questionnaire or formal interview to gather quantitative data on thebackgrounds, behaviors, beliefs, or attitudes of a large number of people or agenciesa method in which the researcher engages the natural environment of their subjects and strivesfor an up close, personal, and highly detailed understanding of the research subject's culture
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JADM250 Midterm Exam: Research Methods and Ethical Considerations in Criminal Justice - Page 3 preview imageQuestion 4.4. (TCO 1) A method in which the researcher engages the natural environment oftheir subjects and strives for an up close, personal, and highly detailed understanding of theresearchsubject's culture is called _________________. (Points : 4)survey researchexperimentationethnographic field researchnonreactive researchcontent analysisQuestion 5.5. (TCO 1) Authority knowledge is ______________. (Points : 4)a basis of knowledge in which we rely on what someone in a position of authority saysa basis of knowledge in which we accept something as being true because of a long-runningcustom or beliefa basis of knowledge in which we rely on commonly accepted, ordinary reasoninga basis of knowledge in which we rely on the media’s construction of the truth, which oftenrelies on claims made by politicians and government officialsa basis of knowledge in which we rely on our own lived experiencesQuestion 6.6. (TCO 1) The premature closure effect is _______________. (Points : 4)statements that go far beyond what can be justified based on the data or empirical observationsthat one hasmaking observations in a way that simply reinforces preexisting thinking, rather than attemptingto observe in a balanced and critical mannermaking a judgment or reaching a decision and ending in an investigation, before one has theamount or depth of evidence required by scientific standardsallowing the prior reputation of persons, places, or things to color one’s evaluations, rather thanattempting to evaluate in a neutral, equal mannerQuestion 7.7. (TCO 1) Making observations in a way that simply reinforces preexisting thinking,rather than attempting to observe in a balanced and critical manner is called _________ . (Points: 4)halo effectpremature closure
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JADM250 Midterm Exam: Research Methods and Ethical Considerations in Criminal Justice - Page 4 preview imageselective observationovergeneralizationQuestion 8.8. (TCO 1) The word data means ________________. (Points : 4)the empirical evidence or information that one gathers carefully according to rules or procedures.a system of interconnected ideas that condenses and organizes knowledge for purposes ofunderstanding and/or explanationobservations that people experience through the sensestouch, sight, hearing, smell, and tastethe scientific norm that says research should be judged only on the basis of scientific meritQuestion 9.9. (TCO 1) A cohort study... (Points : 4)examines the same people over time with check-up pointsexamines different people at multiple timesexamines a group of people at onceexamines a different group of people with similar characteristics over timeexamines a group of people over timeQuestion 10.10. (TCO 1) Positivists’ social science is _____________________. (Points : 4)a critical process of inquiry that generates liberating knowledge so as to reveal structural andcultural inhibiting forces in an attempt to help people change their living conditions and build abetter world for themselves.an approach to research that emphasizes the systematic analysis and detailed study of people andtext in order to arrive at understandings and interpretations of how people construct and maintainmeaning within their social worldsa method for combining deductive logic with precise empirical observations in order to discoverand confirm a set or probabilistic causal laws that can be used to predict general patterns ofhuman activitya philosophical position that views reality and causal processes as fairly straightforward anddeterminable through scientific observationQuestion 11.11. (TCO 1) Interpretive social science (ISS) can be traced to German sociologist______. (Points : 4)Auguste ComteSigmund FreudSir Karl Popper
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JADM250 Midterm Exam: Research Methods and Ethical Considerations in Criminal Justice - Page 5 preview imageKarl MarxMax WeberQuestion 12.12. (TCO 1) Critical social science is ____________________. (Points : 4)a critical process of inquiry that generates liberating knowledge so as to reveal structural andcultural inhibiting forces in an attempt to help people change their living conditions and build abetter world for themselvesan approach to research that emphasizes the systematic analysis and detailed study of people andtext in order to arrive at understandings and interpretations of how people construct and maintainmeaning within their social worldsa method for combining deductive logic with precise empirical observations in order to discoverand confirm a set or probabilistic causal laws that can be used to predict general patterns ofhuman activitya philosophical position that views reality and causal processes as fairly straightforward anddeterminable through scientific observationQuestion 13.13. (TCO 1) Ways of thinking that are constructed by powerful forces in society thatare false and act against our best interests are called ______. (Points : 4)praxisreificationfalse consciousnessdialectic relationshipbounded autonomyQuestion 14.14. (TCO 1) An empirically testable version of a theoretical proposition that has notyet been tested or verified with empirical evidence. It is most often used in deductive theorizing.(Points : 4)hypothesispropositiontheorytypologyconcept
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JADM250 Midterm Exam: Research Methods and Ethical Considerations in Criminal Justice - Page 6 preview imageQuestion 15.15. (TCO 1) A _____________________ is a type of theoreticalexplanation aboutwhy events occur and how things work expressed by outlining an overall structure andemphasizing locations,interdependences, distances, or relations among positions in that structure. (Points : 4)positive social science explanationcausal-structural explanationinterpretive explanationconsensus explanationconflict social science explanationQuestion 16.16. (TCO 2) Fraud that occurs when a researcher steals the ideas or writings ofanother or uses them without citing the source is called ___________. (Points : 4)loss of objectivityscientific irresponsibilityresearch fraudscientific misconductplagiarismQuestion 17.17. (TCO 2) A famous research study in which the researcher observed menengaging in sexual acts in a public bathroom, and then tracked them down a year later to conductcovertinterviews, is called _______________. (Points : 4)Zimbardo Prison ExperimentThe Attica StudyHumphrey’s “tearoom trade”Stanley Milgram’s ExperimentVan Maanen StudyQuestion 18.18. (TCO 2) A statement, usually written, that explains aspects of a study toparticipants and asks for their voluntary agreement to participate before the study begins is called________. (Points : 4)freedom of choicefree will documentpermission slipvoluntary consent
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