Effective Business Communication - Quiz 2 Review

What is NOT a characteristic of professional research?

• Intuitive

• Systematic

• Structured

• Theory-Based

Quantitative research:

• Deals with numerical data

• Is more about depth than breadth

• Examines specific cases in detail

• Addresses research questions more than hypotheses

Diachronic research compares ___________, while synchronic research compares _______________.

• change over time; differences at the same time

• differences at the same time; change over time

What is typically true of surveys?

• They are easy to distribute to a lot of people at once

• They take a long time to analyze

• They need to be performed face-to-face

• They are one of the more expensive research methods

What is NOT a type of interview?

• Formal

• Semistructured

• Informal

• Unstructured

How are focus groups DIFFERENT from interviews?

• Researchers act as moderators

• They are guided by prepared questions

• Participants consent to participating ahead of time

• They are a way to gather qualitative data

When an organization puts out a request for another organization to fulfill, this is called a:

• Request for Proposal (RFP)

• Request for Information (RFI)

• Request for Quote (RFQ)

• All of these

Which of the following is NOT a type of business proposal?

• Strategic Proposal

• Grant Proposal

• Unsolicited Sales Proposal

• Proposal for Action/Change

Grant proposals are generally important to _________ for getting funding.

• Schools

• Non-profit Organizations

• Research Organizations

• All of these

Which of the following describes a presentation meant to teach how to use a new technology in a business?

• Instruction

• Persuasion

• Information

• Collaboration