Inquiries

Observations used in research are examples of ____________________.

• methodological approach

• qualitative data collection method

• quantitative data collection method

• method of collecting data

What do we use when gathering primary data?

• interviews

• experiments

• surveys

• all choices

. This involves an intensive interaction between the researcher and the subjects or participants.

• simulation

• nonparticipant observation

• naturalistic observation

• participant observation

This type of interview is done to recall and reconstruct something that happened in the past.

• informal interview

• structured interview

• semi-structured interview

• retrospective interview

This data collection strategy makes use of books, journals, magazine, art works, songs, pictures, and others to obtain common themes or construct for analysis

• documentary analysis

• interview

• observation

• survey

Which one is a strength of using questionnaires in the data gathering?

• cheap and easy way to collect data

• interviewer effect

• low response rate

• unethical

Which one is a weakness of questionnaires in the data gathering?

• cheap

• demand characteristics

• interviewer effect

• low response rate

Which one is a strength of observations in the data gathering?

• cheap and easy way to collect data

• first hand data, which is rich in validity

• quick

• representative

What is quantitative data?

• A study of an individual or group over a long period of time

• A small scale study done prior to the actual study

• Data collected the written or descriptive form

• Data collected in the numeric form

Which of the following is a type of secondary data?

• interview

• official statistics

• observation

• questionnaire