Instruction
Read the assigned Chapters 1.) Maxfield & Babbie, Chapters 4 & 7
2.) Pearson, Chapter 2
3.) Hartley, Chapter 2
After you read the assigned chapters, what types of research methods (various types of survey methods and experimental ones, as well as several qualitative methods) are more popular or suitable for criminological research? Please explain your answers.
To adopt an appropriate research design, what are conditions/situations that should be considered first? (Hartley’s p. 111-126 may provide you with some good information.)
Write in simple, effective, straightforward, standard English. Avoid slang. Do not write an essay