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Assignment:
1. Fulke is conducting a survey focused on citizen experiences with traffic citations. In the demographic section, Fulke asks participants to select their ethnic identity. The following is the question and responses that she presents participants:
"What is your ethnic identity? Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American"
What is the problem with Fulke's question?
- Double Negative
- Double-Barreled
- Failure to Include an "Other" Choice
- Biased Question
2. Roman is doing research on citizen perceptions of America's War on Drugs. He includes a question asking whether people believe that America's practices have been effective. The following is the question and responses that he presents participants:
"America's War on Drugs has not been effective, do you disagree? Agree, Unsure, Disagree"
What is the problem with Roman's question?
- Double Negative
- Double-Barreled
- Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
- Failure to Allow for Disagreement
3. You are doing a survey focused on perceptions of American prisons. In your survey, you include the following item and responses:
"I believe that the purpose of American prisons is to rehabilitate offenders. Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree"
What is the issue with your survey item?
- Double Negative
- Double-Barreled
- Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
- Fails to Allow for Disagreement
4. Lorin is doing research looking at the types of crime that Las Vegas citizens have committed. She plans on asking people the following questions in-person:
"Have you ever shoplifted from a store in your life? Yes, No"
"Have you ever you ever hit your spouse? Yes, No"
"Have you ever sold drugs? Yes, No"
What is the issue with Lorin's questions?
- Double Negative
- Double-Barreled
- Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
- Fails to Allow for Disagreement
5. Chao is doing research focused on citizen perceptions of the police. They want to know whether people think that the police are effective at their job. They decide to ask the following survey item:
"I believe that the police are very effective at their job, but they only do a good job in some communities. Strongly Agree, Agree, Unsure, Disagree, Strongly Disagree"
What is the problem with Chao's question?
- Double Negative
- Double-Barreled
- Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
- Fails to Allow for Disagreement
6. Chris does research focused on true crime television shows. He is conducting a survey attempting to understand whether citizens believe that true crime television accurately portrays criminal justice processes. He provides the following survey item and responses:
"I believe that true crime television shows accurately present court processes. Strongly Agree, Agree, Unsure, Disagree, Strongly Disagree"
What is the issue with Chris' survey item?
- Double Negative
- Biased Question
- Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
- None of the Above
7. You are putting together a survey focused on crime prevention strategies in neighborhoods. You decide that you want to include the following survey item and responses:
"The cameras in our neighborhood does not do anything to prevent crime, although the neighborhood watch does a good job. Strongly Agree, Agree, Unsure, Disagree, Strongly Disagree"
What is the problem with this question?
Double Negative
Double-Barreled
Fails to Allow for Disagreement
Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
8. Cheyenne is doing research on the long-term effectiveness of the D.A.R.E program. She plans to ask questions to adults who completed the D.A.R.E program as children about whether they think it kept them from using illicit substances. She decides to ask the following survey item and responses:
"I believe that the D.A.R.E program played a big part in me choosing not to do drugs. Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree"
What is the issue with this survey item?
- Double Negative
- Double-Barreled
- Fails to Allow for Disagreement
- Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
9. You conduct a survey focused on citizen perceptions of a federal law focused on private prisons. You collect all of your survey data and notice that you have some odd findings associated with data associated with the following question and responses:
"Do you disagree, that private prison funding is bad for the rehabilitative properties of prisons? Strongly Agree, Agree, Unsure, Disagree, Strongly Disagree"
What is the problem with this question?
- Double Negative
- Double-Barreled
- Fails to Allow for Disagreement
- Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
10. Padma participates in a study focused on citizen agreement with criminal justice practices. She reads the following question and responses:
"America is under siege by crime! Do you agree that something needs to be done about America's crime issue? Strongly Agree, Agree, Unsure, Strongly Disagree, Disagree"
What is the issue with this question?
- Double Negative
- Double-Barreled
- Fails to Allow for Uncertainty
- Biased Question