Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology 4th Edition by Michael G. Maxfield – Test Bank

CHAPTER 1 TEST BANK

Criminal Justice and Scientific Inquiry

TRUE/FALSE

1. We live in a world of two realities; agreement and experiential.

ANS: T                    REF:  What Is This Book About?

2. Casual human inquiry is typically more rigorous are probabilistic methods.

ANS: F                    REF: Personal Human Inquiry

3. Personal human inquiry is prone to errors such as overgeneralization, inaccurate observation, replication, and selective observation.

ANS: F                    REF: Personal Human Inquiry

4. Making observations in a more selective way helps to reduce error.

ANS:   F          REF: Errors in Personal Human

Inquiry

5. Selective observation is a danger of overgeneralization.

ANS:   T          REF: Errors in Personal Human

Inquiry

6. Each of us is born into and inherits a culture made up, in part, of firmly accepted knowledge about the workings of the world.

ANS: T                    REF: Personal Human Inquiry

7. The idea that exceptions can be used to prove rules is valid.

ANS:   F          REF: Errors in Personal Human

Inquiry

8. We should accept research findings with caution even if they come from experts, because results may be mistaken or misinterpreted.

ANS:   T          REF: Errors in Personal Human

Inquiry