SOC201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Motor Vehicle Theft, Sample Size Determination, Northern Canada
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Snowball do u know anyone that had similar things happen to them, so i can talk to them: the researcher must be conscious of the sensitivities regarding the victim, because samples are small and non-random. It is not possible to generalize the findings to any other groups. The results can only be applied to the sample that was used. These methods can be very expensive and time consuming. Analyzing the data can also be challenging. Victims may very well be providing an inaccurate summary of events (bias) Their story may be influenced by the emotional consequences of the events. Researcher must be very much aware of the danger of causing further harm. Victims services survey: this survey looks at the nature and availability of victim"s service agencies in canada, sample size in 2003 was 484 agencies. It provides a one day look at the operations of victims service agencies. Transitional home survey: developed in 1992, federal government"s family violence initiative.
