2nd Period - Sociology - Quiz #1 - 4th 9Wks

Choose Best Answer: _______ is considered facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

• Data

• Survey

• Figures

• Details

1. Choose Best Answer: _________ is a research method in which people respond to questions.

• Details

• Survey

• Figures

• Data

Choose Best Answer: ________ is a group of people with certain specific characteristics. The whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.

• Population

• Residents

• Collective

• Occuoants

True or False: A sample is a group of people who represent a much smaller population.

• True

• False

1. Choose Best Answer: A ________ sample is a sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole.

• 1. representative

• cumulative

• systematic

• descriptive

Choose Best Answer: A questionnaire is a written set of questions to be answered by a ______ _____. These questions are revised for the purposes of a survey or statistical study.

• research participant

• survey taker

• subject respondent

• study examinee

True or False: An interview is a survey method in which a trained researcher asks questions and records the answers.

• True

• False

Choose Best Answer: __________ questions are questions that a person must answer by choosing from a limited predetermined set of responses.

• closed-ended

• open-ended

• leading

• general

Choose Best Answer: _______ questions are questions that a person is to answer in his or her own words. These are questions that cannot be answered with a simple “yes or no,” and instead require the respondent to elaborate on their points.

• Open-ended

• Closed-ended

• Simple

• Leasing

True or False: Primary analysis is the process of using pre collected information for data collection and research purposes.

• True

• False