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Reflect on what you've learned in this class. Although this assignment is to convey your own thoughts, stream-of-consciousness writing is not allowed. You must be able to articulate yourself in a coherent way. Therefore, this paper should have well-structured sentences and paragraphs that organize your thoughts.

1. Why is it important for you personally, given your career goals, to understand research methods? Or why is it important for criminal justice professionals to understand research methods?

2. Do you anticipate having to conduct research in your future career or will you simply be a consumer of research? Describe the type of research you might have to do or consume/understand. Or what type of research do criminal justice professionals have to conduct? What type of research do criminal justice professional have to consume/understand?

3. As a consumer of research, how will you distinguish between good, quality research and bad, flawed research? This can apply to your career or any other aspect of your life where you are a consumer of research. You might also comment on the ability of criminal justice professionals to make these distinctions.

4. Which aspect of research methods (research questions/hypotheses, measurement/variables, sampling, data collection, or data analysis) do you think is most important in distinguishing between good research and bad research? Most importantly, why?