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Research Guides
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- CRJ 4210: Evidence Based Practices
- Research Methodologies
CRJ 4210: Evidence Based Practices
Websites
- Center for Evidence-Based Corrections (UCI) "Helping California make policy decisions based on scientific evidence." (UC Irvine Center for Evidence-Based Corrections website)
- Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP) "The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP), housed within the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, seeks to make scientific research a key component in decisions about crime and justice policies." (CEBCP website)
- National Institute of Corrections (NIC) "The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is the only federal agency with a legislative mandate (Public Law 93-41 5) to provide specialized services to corrections from a national perspective." (NIC website)
- Searching and seizing computers and obtaining electronic evidence in criminal investigations From the U.S. Department of Justice. Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
Quantitative Research
- Quantitative Methods USC Libraries--Provides definition, characteristics, research design, and strengths and limitations of quantitative research.
- Quantitative Research Methods Includes links to guides that "...address quantitative methodologies, such as experimental research." (Writing@CSU | The Writing Studio website)
Qualitative Research
- Qualitative Methods USC Libraries--Provides definition, characteristics, research design, and strengths and limitations of qualitative research.
- Conducting Qualitative & Quantitative Research Includes links to guides that "...address qualitative methodologies, such as observation and case studies." (Writing@CSU | The Writing Studio website)
Glossaries
- Glossary of Key Terms "...provides definitions of many of the terms used in...conducting qualitative and quantitative research." (Writing@CSU | The Writing Studio website)
- Glossary of Research Terms "...intended to assist you in understanding commonly used terms and concepts when reading, interpreting, and evaluating scholarly research in the social sciences. Also included are general words and phrases defined within the context of how they apply to social sciences research." (USC Libraries website)
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Research Methods
- Action Research: Involves literature review, data analysis, measurement techniques, and evaluation criteria to formulate hypotheses in order to define and solve problems.
- Applied Research: Uses data from laboratory and field research and suggest a solution for real-world problems.
- Theoretical or Scientific Research: To understand and formulate new knowledge about a topic. It can advance an existing theory or provide evidence to propose a new theory. Often used in academic research.
- Exploratory Research: Investigation of a problem similar to current ones with the premise that the variables are common to both situations.
- Evaluative research: Evaluative research aims to test the knowledge applied within a specific project instead of generating new knowledge or theories.
- Empirical Research: Empirical study sheds light on a specific problem in a real situation based on observed phenomena. The results of this research are intended to result in improvements to a profession (applied research) or solve a specific problem in the workplace (action research).
- Historical Research: Method aims to reconstruct the past through the collection, evaluation, and verification of facts found in archival records, surveys, research journals, and diaries.
- Qualitative Research: The purpose of this method is to shed new light on an area of study by gaining insights into past and existing problems. It is based on people’s experiences and cannot be analyzed numerically. Methods include personal interviews, focus groups, and field studies.
- Quantitative Research – This type of research deals with standardized and structured measures, and often comes in the form of a survey using large samples. It attempts to explain a causal relationship between two variables. Data is collected in which statistics can be run to test the data.
- Survey research – a research method resting on the assumption that inferences about large populations can be made on the basis of a small survey sample.