Discuss the common pitfalls of experimental research. What can be done to avoid the problems from occurring during research, both design and execution?

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will identify the various common pitfalls mentioned in the text, in addition, to providing suggestions as to how to avoid those problems. For example, claims of causality when the criteria for them are not present, attention to sample size, treatment of and buy in from potential experimental and control groups, matching, and randomization.

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According to Proactive Police Management, American domestic hate groups and terrorist groups are:

A) only existing in cyber space B) increasingly connected C) never connected D) a myth of news reporters

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Excessive bail is prohibited under which Amendment?

A) Eighth. B) Seventh. C) Fourth. D) Fourteenth.

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How is the power of criminal justice agencies controlled?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is not a typical component of a therapeutic community?

A. uses a separate residential unit in the prison, isolated from the general population B. several hours of structured intervention per day C. uses "community as method" so that peers hold one another accountable D. inmates participate at the beginning of their prison sentence to start the rehabilitation process right away.

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