Description
Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing survey research and data collection as they relate to criminal justice research. Address each of the following in your paper:
- Identify the various types of survey research utilized in the field of criminal justice.
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of:
- In person surveys
- Telephone surveys
- Computer-based surveys
- Focus group surveys
- Describe the purpose of sampling as part of the research process.
- Identify the types of reliability and validity as they are applied to criminal justice research.
- Discuss the importance of ensuring that data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid.
Include at least four peer-reviewed references.
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: RESEARCH SURVEY
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Research Survey
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RESEARCH SURVEY
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Introduction
Over the years, research methods especially quantitative ones have been the primary
methods used to in learning various data in the field of crime. Using this method in acquiring
multiple records in criminology has always been of great importance and help. This data
obtained through these research methods is what is used by criminologists and other social
scientists in their analysis of rime. This paper will aim to elaborate more on the different kinds of
survey research that are applied in the field of criminal justice.
Survey research can be defined as a method of both sociological and social science
investigation that uses statistics and question-based surveys with the sole purpose of collecting
data and relevant information about how individuals could act or even think. It is also in the
same quantitative research method where ques...