Description
Test Bank (Downloadable files) For Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice 4th Edition By Bachman
Table Of Content
What Do We Have in Mind?
Reasoning About the Social World
How the Scientific Approach Is Different
Social Research Philosophies
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Specific Types of Research Methods
Strengths and Limitations of Social Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
What Do We Have in Mind?
Criminological Research Questions
The Role of Theory
Social Research Strategies
A History of Investigating the Effects of Arrest for Intimate Partner Violence: The Research Circle in Action
Guidelines for Criminologists
Social Research Standards
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Have in Mind?
Historical Background
Ethical Principles
Research Involving Special Populations: Children and Prisoners
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
What Do We Have in Mind?
Concepts
Concepts and Variables
How Will We Know When We’ve Found It?
How Much Information Do We Really Have?
Did We Measure What We Wanted to Measure?
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
What Do We Have in Mind?
Sample Planning
Sampling Methods
Units of Analysis and Errors in Causal Reasoning
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
What Do We Mean by Causation?
Causal Explanation
Criteria for Nomothetic Causal Explanations
Why Experiment?
What If a True Experiment Isn’t Possible?
What Are the Threats to Internal Validity and Generalizability in Experiments?
The Element of Time in Research
Causality in Nonexperimental Designs
How Do Experimenters Protect Their Subjects?
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Survey Research in Action: Measuring Victimization
What Is a Survey?
Questionnaire Development and Assessment
Writing Survey Questions: More Difficult Than You Think!
Organization Matters
Survey Designs
Ethical Issues in Survey Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
What Do We Mean by Qualitative Methods?
Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods
Participant Observation
Systematic Observation
Intensive Interviewing
Focus Groups
Analyzing Qualitative Data
Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis
Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research
Who Owns the Qualitative Data?
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Are Secondary Data?
Comparative Methods
Content Analysis
Crime Mapping
Big Data
Methodological Issues When Using Secondary Data
Ethical Issues When Analyzing Available Data and Content
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
A Brief History of Evaluation Research
Evaluation Basics
Evaluation Alternatives
Design Decisions
Evaluation in Action
Strengths of Randomized Experimental Designs in Impact Evaluations
When Experiments Are Not Feasible
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Ethics in Evaluation
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What We Have in Mind
What Are Mixed Methods?
Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods
Comparing Results Across Studies
Ethics and Mixed Methods
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
Research Report Goals
Types of Research Reports
Curbing the Frustrations of Writing
Displaying Data
Some Final Thoughts on Reporting Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Ethics, Politics, and Reporting Research
Communicating With the Public
Plagiarism
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
