QN=149 Which of the following is NOT true of probability sampling?

d. The results will always be more accurate than non-probability sampling.

a. Sampling units are selected by chance as opposed to the judgement of the researcher.

b. Estimates are statistically projectable to the population.

c. It is possible to specify the probability of selecting any particular sample of a given size.

QN=150 Which of the following is NOT part of the sampling design process?

d. Refining the research question.

a. Selection of the sampling technique.

b. Determining the relevant sample frame.

c. Specifying the sampling unit.

QN=151 Which of the following is NOT a qualitative factor that should be considered in determining the sample size?

c. The precision needed for the results.

a. Sample sizes used in similar studies.

b. The importance of the decision.

QN=152 Below is a list of populations and samples. Select the sample that is most likely to be representative (rather than biased) of the population from which it is drawn.

b. Population: The general population in an inner London borough. Sample: All patients registered at local general-practice surgeries in the same area.

a. Population: Owners of luxury cars. Sample: BMW owners.

c. Population: Adults from a single geographic area. Sample: Employees at a local factory.

d. Population: Online shoppers. Sample: List of individuals who have web-based email.

QN=154 Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quota sampling?

b. It is a relatively slow and costly way of finding out about public opinions.

a. The researcher chooses who to approach and so might bias the sample.

c. The sample is subdivided into groups from which the researcher must obtain a certain number of responses.

d. Those who are available to be surveyed in public places are unlikely to be a representative sample.

QN=155 Which ONE of these is an example of raw data?

d. A transcript from a group interview.

a. A report on a specific industrial sector.

c. A report on qualitative focus groups.

QN=158 Which of the following are disadvantages of secondary data?

b. (ii) Costly commercial access.

c. (iii) Unsuitability of aggregations and definitions.

QN=162 To evaluate secondary data, we need to look at:

a. (i) Overall suitability relative to the research question(s) and objectives.

b. (ii) Precise suitability relative to the research question(s) and objectives.

c. (iii) Costs and benefits of acquiring the data.

QN=163 Overall suitability of secondary data concerns with which of the following:

b. (ii) Reliability and validity.

QN=166 Secondary data cannot help:

a. to observe retail behaviour.

b. to give direction to primary data collection.

c. to create research instruments.

QN=167 Which ONE of these is NOT text documentary secondary data?

a. Reports and minutes of committees.

QN=168 Most governments in the world have statistical departments but they are unlikely to provide:

c. television programme viewing figures.

a. agricultural census results.

d. general population census records.

QN=169 Which of the following are advantages of secondary data?

b. (ii) No real control over data quality.

c. (iii) Feasibility of longitudinal studies.

QN=171 Which ONE of these is an example of processed data?

a. Number of visitors to a store.

c. CCTV recordings of shopper visits.

QN=172 The mistake when using secondary data effectively is:

c. to combine it with other data.

QN=174 Which one of these are virtues of secondary data?

a. (i) Help compare findings from your primary data.

b. (ii) Help place findings from your primary data in a wider context.

c. (iii) Help triangulate findings from other data sources.

QN=89 Triangulation can come about from which one of the following?

d. Using more than one approaches.

a. Doing a survey with at least three respondents.

b. Using one of three sampling methods.

c. Checking results three times.

QN=92 Research design will be informed by _____

d. your choice of time horizon.

QN=93 Saunders et al. (2012) maintained that reliability refers to whether your data collection techniques and analytic procedures would produce consistent findings if they were repeated on another occasion of if they were replicated by a different researcher. Which of the following are threats to reliability?

a. (i) Participant error and participant bias.

b. (ii) Researcher error and researcher bias.

QN=98 Which one of these is NOT normally associated with quantitative data?

a. Researchers views of high importance.

b. Analysis guided by standardised rules.

d. Analysis begins as data are collected.

QN=100 A study interviews a representative sample of the nation's population every week to detect how many people read a particular newspaper. A prize draw is introduced for participants as an incentive to do the interview. What impact will the incentive have on the readership results for the newspaper in question?

a. There may be an increase or decrease in readership figures, or they may stay the same.

c. No impact: there will be no difference in readership figures.

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30 sec • 1 pt

QN=140 What are the distinguishing features of simple random sampling?

a. (i) Random numbers determine which elements are included in the sample.

b. (ii) Each possible sample of a given size has a known and equal probability of being the sample actually selected.

c. (iii) Each element in the population has a known and equal probability of selection.

d. All of (i), (ii), and (iii).

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

QN=141 Snowball sampling can help the researcher to:

a. (i) theorise inductively in a qualitative study.

b. (ii) overcome the problem of not having an accessible sampling frame.

c. (iii) access difficult or hidden populations.

d. all of (i), (ii), and (iii).

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

QN=142 Which of the following governs your choice of sample size?

a. (i) The confidence level and the tolerable margin of error.

b. (ii) The types of analyses.

c. (iii) The size of the total population.

d. All of (i), (ii), and (iii).

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

QN=143 The cluster random sampling technique involves several steps. Which of the following steps has the WRONG position? Randomly select some clusters Choose the cluster grouping criteria Divide the population into clusters Collect the selected clusters to have the desire sample

a. Randomly select some clusters.

b. Choose the cluster grouping criteria.

c. Divide the population into clusters.

d. Collect the selected clusters to have the desire sample.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

QN=144 The stratified random sampling technique involves several steps. Which of the following steps has the WRONG position? Divide the population into discrete strata. Randomly select elements in each stratum. Choose stratification variables. Collect the selected elements to have the desired sample.

a. Divide the population into discrete strata.

b. Randomly select elements in each stratum.

c. Choose stratification variables.

d. Collect the selected elements to have the desired sample.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

QN=145 Which of the following is NOT a probability sampling technique?

a. Stratified sampling.

b. Cluster sampling.

c. Systematic sampling.

d. Snowball sampling.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

QN=146 What is a sampling unit?

a. The population.

b. All the individual elements of the final sample, drawn together.

c. The basic unit containing the elements of the population to be sampled.

d. The method used to collect the sample.

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RMB p11

QN=140 What are the distinguishing features of simple random sampling?

QN=141 Snowball sampling can help the researcher to:

QN=142 Which of the following governs your choice of sample size?

QN=143 The cluster random sampling technique involves several steps. Which of the following steps has the WRONG position? Randomly select some clusters Choose the cluster grouping criteria Divide the population into clusters Collect the selected clusters to have the desire sample

QN=145 Which of the following is NOT a probability sampling technique?

QN=146 What is a sampling unit?

QN=147 Which of the following is NOT a type of non-probability sampling?

QN=148 Which of the following techniques will help to get a representative sample?

QN=149 Which of the following is NOT true of probability sampling?

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