Assignment #3
1. You are about to conduct a Survey on Students Perception of Safety on Virginia State University Campus
Your population is Students at VSU
i. What type of sampling design would you use to select your sample and explain why?
ii. Construct a questionnaire for your survey: Your questionnaire must include examples of questions that represent open-ended questions (2 examples), closed-ended questions (2 examples), matrix questions (2 examples), and contingency questions (2 examples).
2. For each of the open-ended questions listed below, construct closed-ended questions that could be used in a questionnaire.
a. What was your family’s total income last year?
b. How do you feel about shock incarceration or “boot camp”
programs?
c. How do people in your neighborhood feel about the police?
d. What do you feel is the biggest crime problem facing your community?
e. How do you protect your home from burglary?
1)
Our reading and discussion this week centers on Chapter Nine of your text.
Discussion: Describe the steps that would be necessary to gain access to a formal organization for the purposes of doing field research.
Students are required to write at least 250 words. You are also required to respond to at least two other students’ discussion posts. You may also share anything that relates to the discussion.
2)
Our reading and discussion this week centers on Chapter Ten of your text.
Discussion: D iscuss the advantages and disadvantages of using secondary data. Would you prefer to use primary data or secondary data for your research?
Students are required to write at least 250 words. You are also required to respond to at least two other students’ discussion posts. You may also share anything that relates to the discussion.
3)
Our reading and discussion this week centers on Chapter Eleven of your text.
Discussion: Discuss the importance of Evaluation Research.
You are also required to respond to at least two other students’ discussion posts. You may also share anything that relates to the discussion.
Required Textbook:
Maxfield, M. G. & Barbie, E. R. Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology. (2016). 4th Edition. Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1305261105
