Research Methods Using Surveys .

Project instructions:
Objectives: Distinguish between interviews, various types of sampling, surveys, and other alternative data gathering strategies for measuring crime.

-Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using surveys as a research method.

-Describe the article’s purpose, hypothesis and goals.
a. State the author’s purpose in writing the article
b. Assumptions or Hypotheses: Tell what the author
believes about the topic/describe the hypotheses if
the author provided hypothesis statements.

-Methods:
A. What data did the author(s) use?
B. What methods did the author(s) use to analyze the
data?
C. Identify the authority of the author by determining if the author had personal experience with the research topic or if the author relied on outside research to support his/her opinion.

-Conclusion: State the findings of the study(main points) by stating what the author found from the report. This should be done in more that three paragraphs.

-Critique: Provide opinion of article. Pinpoint feeling about the central them of the article, whether or not the author provided support for the conclusions and how the article/research project

could have been better. Determine if there was a bias in the article on behalf of the researcher. If there is prejudice, state the source of the bias.

-Implications: Explain the implications of the findings for criminological theory and/or criminal justice practice.

-In addition to material us scholarly resources to support arguments. Four to five peer-reviewed journal articles are required as well as introduction.