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Kenna M. Mooney
Park University
Professor Scheffner
IMPROPER EVIDENCE HANDLING 2
For CJ 430, all students will complete a research proposal that examines the following seven basic
1. What are the major differences between the scientific approach and the human inquiry
by present ones. The patterns of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature.
c. The goal is to understand why certain things are related, why patterns occur, to
d. Ordinary human inquiry - Aims at answering both "what" and "why" questions,
e. Probabilistic reasoning - When something happens more often when the causes
2. What are the major ethical considerations and issues in research and what methods are used
to address these?
3. What are the various levels of measurement and the key standards for measuring validity and
reliability?
4. What are the major methods of collecting data and the importance of the type of research in
5. What are the major differences and usages of statistics and types of data in the various
6. What are the characteristics and differences between quantitative and qualitative data as they
7. What are the different techniques and options available for collecting and recording field
observations?