Quiz 2 BRM MBA II E 2024

Which of these is not a method of data collection.

• a. Questionnaires
• b. Interviews
• c. Experiments
• d. Observations

Questionnaire is a _____

• a. Research method
• b. Measurement technique
• c. Tool for data collection
• d. Data analysis technique

What does the term 'reliability' indicate

• a. We can trust that the research has being carried out to a high standard
• b. That the results are accurate.
• c. That the researcher can be trusted.
• d. That the tool of data collection can be regarded as measuring accurately and consistently.

What is a pilot study?

• a. A small scale study.
• b. A study involving pilots.
• c. A study to test the tool of data collection.
• d. A study that is the first of its type.

Questionnaires can address events and characteristics taking place when?

• a. In the past (retrospective questions)
• b. In the present (current time questions)
• c. In the future (prospective questions)
• d. All of the above

Secondary/existing data may include which of the following

• a. Official documents
• b. Personal documents
• c. Archived research data
• d. All of the above

Compared with experiments, surveys generally are

• a. less economical.
• b. less susceptible to reactive measurement effects.
• c. less effective in testing causal relationships.
• d. lower in generalizability.

Which of the following is probablity sampling?

• Judgement
• quota
• Simple random sampling
• Convenience sampling

Increasing the sample size has the following effect upon the sampling error?

• a) It increases the sampling error
• b) It reduces the sampling error
• c) It has no effect on the sampling error
• d) All of the above

Sample is regarded as a subset of?

• (a) Data
• (b) Set
• (c) Distribution
• (d) Population