Question: How many attributes does a dichotomous variable have?

Answer: 2

Question: Which of the following is least accurate?

Answer: Experiments cannot be used in the study of criminal justice policy because they require a hypothesis to test

Question: Which of the following is not a central feature of the classical experiment?

Answer: Concepts

Question: Which of the following is true concerning indecent and dependent variables in classical experiments?

Answer: A variable can be an independent in one experiment and a dependent in another

Question: The world we live in

Answer: Researchers conduct experiments in an attempt to develop a more generalized understanding about:

Question: Social science researchers use a control that hasn’t received the experimental stimulus in order to do what?

Answer: As another measure of the effect the independent variable has upon the dependent variable in the experimental group

Question: Which of the following statements is accurate?

Answer: To guard against the “Hawthrone effect” in medical research scientists will give a placebo to the control group

Question: Deciding on the target population

Answer: The first deacon for selecting subjects for an experiment is:

Question: Which example below is not a random assignment to experimental groups?

Answer: Ask subjects whether they prefer to be in the experimental group or the control group then assign subjects based on their preference

Question: Which of the following phrases is most true concerning random assignment to groups?

Answer: “all other things being equal”