Composite Measures Are Frequently Used in Criminal Justice Research for All

question 79

Multiple Choice

Composite measures are frequently used in criminal justice research for all of the following reasons except.

• A) In some cases, the researcher is unable to develop single indicators of complex concepts.
• B) The researcher may desire to use a rather refined ordinal measure of a variable, arranging cases in several ordinal categories from very low to very high on a variable.
• C) Indexes and scales are efficient devices for data analysis.
• D) The researcher is seeking a method for measuring disorder and composite measures are the only allowable measure.

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Definitions:

Market Index

A statistical measure that shows changes in a financial market by tracking the performance of a set of selected stocks.

Explanatory Factors

Variables that are thought to explain changes or variations in a particular variable of interest, often used in statistical models to understand outcomes.

Industrial Production

The total output, often measured in physical units, of factories, mines, and utilities within an economy.

Inflation

The tempo at which the general cost of goods and services rises, weakening the purchasing strength.