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Surveys may be used for what type of research?
Descriptive, explanatory,and applied research
Surveys are best suited for studies that have what as their units ofanalysis?

Individuals

General population surveys and surveys of offenders tend to present whattypes of difficulties?

Validity Error

The term “questionnaire” suggests a collection of a

Answer option

In the interest of being unambiguous and precise, the survey questionsshould be

clear

Questions that encourage respondents to answer in a particular way arecalled

biased

Inexperienced researchers tend to fear that their questionnaires willlook

too long

It is usually best to begin a self-administered questionnaire with
the most interesting set ofitems
If, on a questionnaire, a respondent is asked “what do you feel is themost important crime problem facing the police in your city today?” they arebeing asked what type of question?
Open-ended question
Which national survey represents targeted victims?
National Crime Victimization Survey
Closed ended questions are useful because they
provide uniform responses
What may be potential problems with the use of open-ended questions?
Possibility of misunderstanding and researcher bias
What is considered a problem when using self-report crime questions ingeneral population surveys?
Social desirability
What is considered a negative item when constructing a questionnaire?
Drugs such as marijuana should not be legalized
What is necessary in the construction of closed-ended questions?
The response categories should be extensive
Contingency questions are appropriate
when certain questions are clearly relevant to only some of the respondents and irrelevant to others
What is one disadvantage of the use of matrix questions?
They do not take much thought on the part of the respondents to answer
What has been identified as disadvantage of the use of computer-assistedinterviewing?
It can be difficult toprint and archive a complex questionnaire used in CAI
A mock jury is an example of a (n)
focus group
Focus groups are most useful when
precise generalization to alarger population is not necessary, and when focus group participants and thelarger population they are intended to represent are relatively homogeneous
When follow-ups are planned with mail surveys,
the response rateincreases