Author Question: You are interested in studying how prison inmates and correctional officers interact on a daily ... (Read 55 times)

Redwolflake15 · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

You are interested in studying how prison inmates and correctional officers interact on a daily basis. To do this, you get a job as a correctional officer in a state prison and work there for several months. What data-gathering strategy are you employing here?

a. Participant observation
b. Survey research
c. Secondary analysis
d. Self-reporting

Question 2

After the results of a large research study on police procedures were publicized, the researchers were interested in determining whether the study had affected police policy. The researcher telephoned a large number of big-city police departments and asked a number of questions about department policies and procedures. This is an example of which data-gathering strategy?

a. Participant observation
b. Survey research
c. Case study
d. Secondary analysis