BBS200 Session 4 Quiz 2

Secondary data

See textbook, chapter 9, 274-275.

• (a) Is not used in qualitative research

• (b) Is always used in quantitative research

• (c) Plays an important role in qualitative research, as they are frequently based on multiple sources.

• (d) Plays an important role in quantitative research, as they are frequently based on multiple sources.

Five factors to consider when evaluating the quality of a source are

See textbook, chapter 9, 266-267 and next slide.

• (a) Purpose, scope, author, audience and format

• (b) Purpose, scope, authority, student and format

• (c) Purpose, scope, authority, audience, and format

• (d) Purpose, constraints, authority, audience and format

The advantages of secondary data include…

See textbook, chapter 9, 265.

• (a) Saves time and money

• (b) High quality data

• (c) Already available allowing the research to start analysing data without having to collect data

• (d) All of the above

Secondary data can best be described as…

See textbook, chapter 9, 264.

• (a) Data which are collected from the field under the control of a research. It is collected specially for the purpose of the current research project.

• (b) Data gathered and recorded by someone else prior to and for a purpose other than the current research project

• (c) Data gathered and recorded by one researcher, for another researcher

• (d) Another word for census data

The advantages of online focus group are they can be:

See textbook, chapter 8, 252.

• (a) Synchronous or asynchronous

• (b) Decrease costs

• (c) Easy to bring geographically diverse people together

• (d) All of the above

There are different classifications of participant observations, they are…

See textbook, chapter 8, 253.

• (a) Structured and unstructured

• (b) Structured, semi structured and unstructured

• (c) Completely structured, structured, unstructured and completely unstructured

• (d) None of the above

Conducting a focus group requires careful consideration of:

See textbook, chapter 8, 250-252.

• (a) Participants, logic, and face-to-face or online

• (b) Participants, logistics and face-to-face or online

• (c) Participation, logic and room selection

• (d) Participation, logistics and room selection

Which of the following are advantages of focus groups?

See textbook, chapter 8, 251.

• (a) Observe interactions between respondents

• (b) Gather different views on a topic

• (c) Cost and time effective

• (d) All of the above

Focus groups are similar to

See textbook, chapter 8, 250.

• (a) Unstructured interviews

• (b) Semi-structured interviews

• (c) Both A and B

• (d) None of the above

The difference between a group interview and a focus group is

See textbook, chapter 8, 250.

• (a) That group interviews are inefficient, but focus groups are efficient

• (b) That group interviews are interested in interaction

• (c) That group interviews are mostly organized for efficiency reasons

• (d) All of the above