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1.
 The visible, objective context of a
communication is known as:

a.
latent content









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b.
manifest content

c.
concept

d.
validity



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2.
 The operational definition of any variable is
composed of:

a.
the hypothesis

b.
the content analysis

c.
manifest content

d.
attributes



3.
 In
an effort to insure that textbooks for introductory level criminology and
criminal justice courses are gender and race neutral an analysis of the
language was undertaken. Which of the following would be appropriate?

a.
measuring the only the manifest content

b.
measuring the latent content

c.
measuring the number of words used

d.
measuring the number of different
subjects the author uses



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4.
 In which of the following analyses is content
analysis least likely to be used?

a.
coverage of proposed crime legislation
in your state House of Representatives

b.
the number of references to crime in rap
music

c.
the number of murder convictions in Michigan during 2009

d.
the frequency of “get tough on crime” as
a theme for political speeches 



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5.
 Which of the following data sources could not
be coded for use in content analysis?

a.
letters to the editor

b.
commentaries by talk show hosts

c.
dissenting opinions in cases dealing
with the death penalty

d.
agency aggregate statistics



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6.
 When a researcher uses the term “silo
databases” she is referring to:

a.
when data is stacked in linear fashion

b.
the communication link between local law
enforcement and the FBI for the purposes of submitting crime data

c.
stacks of data that are isolated from
each other

d.
data that are stacked in round computer
tape files stacked on each other



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7.
 The publication produced by the Bureau of
Justice Statistics that includes information about hundreds of justice agency
data sets, characteristics of criminal justice agencies, and perceptions of
crime, to name just a few, is:

a.
the Uniform Crime Reports

b.
the National Crime Victimization Survey

c.
the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
Statistics

d.
the National Crime Victimization Survey



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8.
 Dr. Jones is having his Introductory to
Criminal Justice students analyze cartoons. He instructs them to identify the
number of violent acts per show, the type of violent act and the
characteristics of the victim. Dr. Jones is having his students use:

a.
content analysis

b.
secondary data

c.
new data collected by agency staff

d.
nonpublic agency records



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9.
 Clinic workers in a major Northwest city have
been asked to track the incidence and patterns of STDs in their patients as
part of a research project dealing with public health. They ask a number of
specific questions upon intake but do not ask about their clients’ sexual
partners. The only way to examine patterns in the spread of the STDs is to add
a question to the intake form about the identity of their sexual partners. The
data that was gathered illustrates:

a.
nonpublic agency records

b.
published statistics

c.
new data collected by agency staff

d.
content analysis



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10.
 Which of the following is not considered to be
a published statistic?

a.
Criminal Victimization in the United States

b.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
Statistics

c.
Detroit Police Department call of
service statistics

d.
Correctional Populations in the United States



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11.
 NCVS data would be helpful in answering all of
the research questions except

a.
What is the average age of sexual
assault victims in urban areas with populations over 100,000?

b.
What is the mean income of families that
are victims of burglary?

c.
Why might an offender change from doing
burglaries to committing home invasions?

d.
What city in the country has the
greatest number of victims of robbery?



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12.
 FBI statistics and annual reports from the
Federal Bureau of Prisons are examples of:

a.
nonpublic agency records

b.
new data collected by agency staff

c.
published statistics

d.
content analysis



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13.
 A
researcher is interested in studying the budgeting of money within a police
department in a mid-sized American city. She gains access to the department’s
detailed records of expenditures and human resources. This is an example of
which type of agency records, as described in the text?

a.
published statistics

b.
nonpublic agency records

c.
new data collected by agency staff

d.
content analysis



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14.
 Which of the following is not a source of
reliability and validity problems with agency records?

a.
changes in definitions of crime over
time

b.
agency data are not designed for
research

c.
agency data are designed to track
patterns, not people

d.
data entry errors



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15.
 Which of the following is important to
remember when using agency records?

a.
to ask permission before you study any
agency data

b.
to examine the data through some form of
content analysis

c.
the financial considerations of
obtaining complete agency records are typically substantial

d.
the discretionary actions by criminal
justice officials and others can affect the production of agency records



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16.
 Dr. Quinn is interested in studying the amount
of overtime worked by police officers. He gains access to agency personnel
files. This is an illustration of which type of data?

a.
new data collected by agency staff

b.
nonpublic agency records

c.
secondary data

d.
published statistics



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17.
 Being able to benefit from the work of
topflight professionals and esteemed academics is an advantage of using:

a.
secondary data

b.
published statistics

c.
nonpublic agency data

d.
new data collected by agency staff

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18.
 You are analyzing data that has been collected
in annual waves for the past twenty years. Which of the following might be
problematic in this type of analysis?

a.
many similar questions were asked during
each of these waves, and the wording is consistent

b.
for the entire twenty years, the data
was collected by personal interviews

c.
the definitions of some key items have
changed over time within the culture

d.
using variables that are operationalized
consistently over time



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19.
 When dealing with the conceptual problems that
emerge from complex relationships between different units of count, Maxfield
and Babbie suggest:

a.
defining individual people as units of
analysis

b.
following the paper trail

c.
using systematic sampling

d.
expecting the expected

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