descriptive research

What are the methods of descriptive research?

• Survey and observation

• Survey and projective techniques

• Observation and depth interviews

• Experiments and surveys

Major issue researchers face is how to motivate respondents to candidly answer their questions

• True

• False

Which of the following is not an advantage of surveys?

• Easiness

• Reliability

• Simplicity

• Roughness

Survey methods are classified into four types: telephone, personal, mail, electronic.

• True

• False

Recording the behavioral patterns of people as well as data on objects and events in a systematic manner to obtain information about the phenomenon of interest is called .....

• Surveys

• Experiments

• Observation

• Focus Group

When the respondents are aware that they are under observation, this is .....observation.

• Structured

• Unstructured

• Disguised

• Undisguised

When the respondents' behavior is observed in an artificial environment, it is called .....observation

• Contrived

• Natural

• Disguised

• Undisguised

Trained observer collects data by recording behavior exactly as it occurs is called....

• Personal observation

• Undisguised observation

• Natural observation

• Structured observation

Web-based tracking of Internet users using cookies is ....observation

• Personal

• Natural

• Contrived

• Mechanical

Certain types of data can be collected only by observation.

• True

• False