Bachman, Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice 3 rd Edition
1. Kara interviews five drug users and discovers that four regularly carry weapons. Based on this
information, she argues that drug users are more likely to carry weapons than others. This is an
example of:
a. Careful observation
b. Systematic reasoning
*c. Overgeneralization
d. Selective reasoning
e. Inadequate generalization
2. A school board member feels that delinquent youths lack access to services that might help
them, so he conducts a study to identify what is available and what areas need more attention.
This study is mostly driven by:
*a. Policy motivations
b. Personal motivations
c. Academic motivations
d. Both A and B
e. Both B and C
3. Examining the effect of a drug court program on offenders' drug use is an example of:
, a. Descriptive research
b. Exploratory research
c. Academic research
d. Explanatory research
*e. Evaluation research
4. A researcher wants to observe the social structure of a youth gang. When collecting data, she is
most likely to use what type of method?
a. Quantitative
*b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Explanatory
e. Evaluation
5. A criminal justice student and volunteer for Big Brothers/Big Sisters is about to conduct a
study of at-risk youth. She is most likely working from:
a. Policy motivations
b. Personal motivations
c. Academic motivations
d. Both A and B
*e. Both B and C
,6. Evaluation research usually emerges from:
*a. Policy motivations
b. Personal motivations
c. Academic motivations
d. Both A and B
e. Both B and C
7. Which of the following is not true?
a. Quantitative data is usually numerical
b. Qualitative data usually focuses on words instead of numbers
*c. Quantitative and qualitative methods are mutually exclusive
d. Quantitative methods are often used for explanation, description, or evaluation
e. Qualitative methods are often used to develop a better understanding of a situation
8. What type of research is concerned with the meaning participants attribute to their actions?
a. Descriptive
*b. Exploratory
c. Explanatory
d. Evaluation
e. Policy
, 9. Examining media to determine attitudes towards school safety policies is an example of:
a. Participant observation
b. Intensive interviewing
*c. Content analysis
d. Crime mapping
e. Selective observation
10. Exploratory research is generally concerned with:
*a. Uncovering detailed information about a given phenomenon
b. Documenting the existence of causal relationships
c. Exploring the effect of social programs
d. Questions derived from personal motivations
e. Questions derived from academic motivations
11. Studying the relationship between teenage abuse of animals and later perpetration of domestic
violence is an example of:
a. Descriptive research
*b. Explanatory research
c. Exploratory research
d. Evaluation research
1. Kara interviews five drug users and discovers that four regularly carry weapons. Based on this
information, she argues that drug users are more likely to carry weapons than others. This is an
example of:
a. Careful observation
b. Systematic reasoning
*c. Overgeneralization
d. Selective reasoning
e. Inadequate generalization
2. A school board member feels that delinquent youths lack access to services that might help
them, so he conducts a study to identify what is available and what areas need more attention.
This study is mostly driven by:
*a. Policy motivations
b. Personal motivations
c. Academic motivations
d. Both A and B
e. Both B and C
3. Examining the effect of a drug court program on offenders' drug use is an example of:
, a. Descriptive research
b. Exploratory research
c. Academic research
d. Explanatory research
*e. Evaluation research
4. A researcher wants to observe the social structure of a youth gang. When collecting data, she is
most likely to use what type of method?
a. Quantitative
*b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Explanatory
e. Evaluation
5. A criminal justice student and volunteer for Big Brothers/Big Sisters is about to conduct a
study of at-risk youth. She is most likely working from:
a. Policy motivations
b. Personal motivations
c. Academic motivations
d. Both A and B
*e. Both B and C
,6. Evaluation research usually emerges from:
*a. Policy motivations
b. Personal motivations
c. Academic motivations
d. Both A and B
e. Both B and C
7. Which of the following is not true?
a. Quantitative data is usually numerical
b. Qualitative data usually focuses on words instead of numbers
*c. Quantitative and qualitative methods are mutually exclusive
d. Quantitative methods are often used for explanation, description, or evaluation
e. Qualitative methods are often used to develop a better understanding of a situation
8. What type of research is concerned with the meaning participants attribute to their actions?
a. Descriptive
*b. Exploratory
c. Explanatory
d. Evaluation
e. Policy
, 9. Examining media to determine attitudes towards school safety policies is an example of:
a. Participant observation
b. Intensive interviewing
*c. Content analysis
d. Crime mapping
e. Selective observation
10. Exploratory research is generally concerned with:
*a. Uncovering detailed information about a given phenomenon
b. Documenting the existence of causal relationships
c. Exploring the effect of social programs
d. Questions derived from personal motivations
e. Questions derived from academic motivations
11. Studying the relationship between teenage abuse of animals and later perpetration of domestic
violence is an example of:
a. Descriptive research
*b. Explanatory research
c. Exploratory research
d. Evaluation research
