List and describe the three ways researcher's should evaluate their research questions.

What will be an ideal response?


(1) Feasibility: You must be able to conduct your study within the time frame and resources you have and must be able to access the people or groups you want to study. (2) Social Importance: Focus on a substantive area that you feel is important and consider whether the research question is important to other people. (3) Scientific Relevance: Questions should be grounded in the existing empirical literature. The research must be informed by what others have done on the topic.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Positivist criminology was the basis for which correctional model?

A. progressive model B. medical model C. community model D. reformatory model

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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