Question 1
Internal validity is about: | a. | establishing causality | | b. | establishing generalisability | | c. | establishing reliability | | d. | establishing concepts |
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Question 2 Which of the following is concerned with generalisability? | a. | internal validity | | b. | external validity | | c. | concept validity | | d. | reliability |
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Question 3 The relationship between exposure to violent images in the media and the violent behaviour appears to be explained by pre-exisiting predisposition to aggression. This is an example of: | a. | an internally valid relationship | | b. | a causal relationship | | c. | spurious relationship | | d. | a scientific relationship |
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Question 4 Qualitative research uses numeric data.
True
False
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Question 5 Positivism is: | a. | thinking positively about our criminological research design | | b. | assuming that criminological phenonomena have an objective reality that we can observe | | c. | interpreting positive correlations between criminogenic factors | | d. | applying qualitive research techniques in our criminological research |
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Question 6 In qualitative research, the closest equivalent to internal validity: | | generalisability | | | causality | | | transferability | | | credibility |
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Question 7 Mike, a 15 year old, has been vandalising his school every weekend for the last 3 months. This activity has brought him into contact with other peers who have also been tagging their school walls. Thus, peers cause vandalism. This is a good example of a causal relationship.
True
False
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Question 8 A concern about whether research findings about differential policing practices in Brisbane can apply equally to other locations in Australia is a concern about: | a. | internal validity | | b. | external validity | | c. | reliability | | d. | explanatory validity |
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Question 9 A ______________ is a specified expectation about empirical reality, derived from theory. | a. | theory | | b. | variable | | c. | concept | | d. | hypothesis | | | |
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Question 10 My research hypothesis is that there are differences between girls and boys in the frequency of offending. My null hypothesis is: | a. | the frequency of girls' offending is higher than the frequency of boys' offending | | b. | the difference between girls and boys is in the opposite direction | | c. | there are no differences between girls and boys in the frequency of offending | | d. | the frequency of girls' offending is lower than the frequency of boys' offending |