Discuss the common pitfalls identified in this chapter. What can researchers do to prevent these pitfalls from taking place?

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will discuss the following pitfalls, in addition to providing recommendations on how to avoid them.
a. A general failure to understand the process, and why it is happening.
b. Operationalizing using a low level of measurement.
c. Labels can cause confusion.
d. Attempting to use concepts (or variables) that do not vary.

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

Rawls’ theory deals primarily with ______ justice

a. legal b. social c. racial d. political

Criminal Justice

The male-to-female ratio of serving time in prison has not been recorded over the past few decades

a. True b. False

Criminal Justice

The total value of all final goods and services produced by factors of production located within a nation's borders is

A) GDP. B) net investment. C) NI. D) PI.

Criminal Justice

A person’s ______ is a complex mix of emotional and cognitive mechanisms acquired by internalizing the moral rules of our social group.

a. level of arousal b. conscience c. superego d. temperament

Criminal Justice