Criminological Research Midterm Exams 2024

What is the primary goal of research?

• To entertain the audience

• To create confusion

• To validate personal opinions

• To serve man and improve quality of life

Which of the following is NOT a phase of research?

• Marketing

• Planning

• Procrastination

• Development

What does empirical research rely on?

• Personal beliefs

• Historical documents

• Direct experience or observation

• Theoretical assumptions

Which of the following is a characteristic of a good researcher?

• Intellectual dishonesty

• Lack of critical thinking

• Procrastination

• Intellectual curiosity

What is the purpose of qualitative research?

• To create graphs and tables

• To summarize statistical findings

• To understand motivations and feelings

• To analyze numerical data

What is a key feature of the scientific approach to research?

• It focuses only on qualitative data

• It avoids any form of data collection

• It uses hypotheses to guide investigations

• It relies solely on personal experience

Which of the following is an example of a non-experimental study?

• Randomized controlled trial

• Survey research

• Field experiment

• Laboratory experiment

What does the term 'replicability' in research refer to?

• The ability to repeat a study and obtain similar results

• The subjective interpretation of data

• The uniqueness of a research study

• The complexity of research design

What is the main focus of criminological research?

• To entertain the public

• To discover facts or causations of crime

• To validate personal opinions on crime

• To promote criminal behavior

Which of the following is a purpose of research according to Robson (2002)?

• To create confusion

• To explore or understand a phenomenon

• To entertain the audience

• To validate personal beliefs