Criminal Justice Reading Assignment

No Plagiarism Please! I provide an 18% tip!

Deliverable Length:2 – 3 pages, Times New Roman 12pt font. APA format and include a reference page.

Essay Questions:

Identify the four levels of measurement and give examples of each.
Explain the threat to validity.Cover the following threats:face, content, criterion – related, and construct.
Discuss the measures used to insure reliability:test – retest method, inter-rater, and split – half method.
Compare and contrast UCR and NCVS with respect to the type of crime data they collect and how they collect it.Identify strengths and weaknesses of each.
Identify the major efforts to gather information about drug abuse in the United States.How do these measures compare with one another?What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?
Discuss the validity and reliability of self – report measures.
Discuss the improvements that have been made to UCR through the NIBRS and the Redesigned NCVS.Predict whether these changes will make a major difference in our understanding of crime in America.

This comes from chapter 5 and 6 of the textbook which I will upload

Please use the textbook on the reference page.

Maxfield, Michael G. and Earl Babbie 2005.Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology.Sixth ed. (required)