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Source materials for the following questions will be found in Adventures in Criminal Justice ResearchDowdall, Babbie, and Halley, Chapter 3, pp. 19-26.

Try to answer in 25 words or so. Make each answer integral, so that I can read it without reference to the exercise or the question itself.

1. What is validity? (DBH, at p.19)

2. Discuss the validity of grades. (DBH, at p. 20, "workable indicators")

3. The statement that age is a ratio variable is arguable. Why? (statement on p. 23 of DBH. Answer in lecture.)

4. What are mutually exclusive categories? (DBH, at p. 24)

5. What is an informed respondent? (DBH, at p. 25)

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