CRMJ 368 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Film Criticism, Operationalization, Socioeconomic Status

• School: Towson University
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRMJ 368
• Professor: Sealock

Document Summary

Terms and concepts to know for multiple-choice questions: to explore and/or describe: helps us form a preliminary understanding of the scope of a problem or issue; provides ideas for more in-depth research. To explain: making connections between phenomena, looking for relationships; doesn"t simply describe something that is happening, but asks why something is happening. To predict and/or apply: results allow us to make a prediction about future events [ex: relapse, re-offend, etc. Pure [done for the sake of furthering knowledge]; represents people"s lives and experiences; testing the theory & Applied [policy in mind, designed to aid practitioners]; people working in the field; testing whether a policy or program is affective or not; Quantitative [concerned with numbers, counting, quantities, and statistical analysis. Levels of measurement (i. e. , nominal, interval, ordinal, ratio) Nominal = simplest level of measurement; represents qualitative [not quantitative] distinctions; places information into categories based on certain attributes; descriptive, but doesn"t have inherent quantitative value; examples: race/or ethnicity;