Unobtrusive measures:       

A. are not affected by people's reactions to being studied.

B. require research subjects' consent.

C. always involve observing peoples' behavior.

D. can be used to measure people's attitudes.

E. All of the above

Which of the following is NOT physical trace evidence or an artifact?  

A. Litter

B. Graffiti

C. The contents of a recycling bin

D. Fingerprints on a keyboard

E. The sound of a tree falling in a forest where no one heard it

What is the difference between erosion and accretion? 

A. Erosion occurs when people leave something behind; accretion occurs when people take something away.

B. Erosion involves wear; accretion involves deposits.

C. Erosion is a latent deposit; accretion is an overt deposit.

D. Erosion is less durable than accretion.

Content analysis techniques could be used to study:

A. course syllabi

B. students' papers

C. journal articles

D. political advertisements

E. all of the above

Inter-rater reliability involves:       

A. the accuracy of a coder's judgments.

B. the precision of a coder's judgments.

C. the degree to which two or more coder's judgments agree.

D. the durability of artifacts.

E. none of the above

Which of the following statements is true?

A. Content analysis can only be used on artifacts that are durable.

B. Content analysis involves asking people questions.

C. One of the weaknesses of content analysis is that it is easily invalidated by people's tendency to change their behavior when they learn they are being studied.

D. Content analysis is difficult because people are messy creatures.

E. Content analysis is not appropriate for studying documents produced by the government.

An artifact is:

A. any by-product of human behavior.

B. a product of an ancient culture.

C. something especially valuable (in either a financial or sentimental sense).

D. of little interest to social scientists (except archeologists).

E. something made of paper.

Which of the following is NOT an artifact?

A. Finger prints left on a window

B. A fork, spoon, or knife

C. A wild flower

D. A painted rock

E. A stack of library books

Content analysis involves:   

A. systematic erosion of materials as a result of human behavior.

B. systematic accretion of materials as a result of human behavior.

C. systematic destruction of recorded information or artifacts.

D. systematic description and analysis of recorded information or artifacts.

E. systematic organization of materials as a result of human behavior.

Scientists have developed an effective way of determining the level and types of illegal drug use in a community. This is accomplished by testing sewer water to find out how much methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and other drugs (including prescription drugs) are in sewage water. This would be an example of:        

A. An erosion measure

B. An accretion measure

C. Intentional traces

D. Graffiti

E. All of the above