Data Collection and Sampling Techniques

Questionnaire is a _____

• Research method

• Measurement technique

• Tool for data collection

• Data analysis technique

What is a pilot study? .

• A small scale study

• A study involving pilots.

• A study to test the tool of data collection.

• A study that is the first of its type.

How many points should a rating scale have?

• Five

• Four

• Ten

• Somewhere from 4 to 11 points

Questionnaires can address events and characteristics taking place when?

• In the past (retrospective questions)

• In the present (current time questions)

• In the future (prospective questions)

• All of the above

Which of the following are principles of questionnaire construction?

• Consider using multiple methods when measuring abstract constructs

• Use multiple items to measure abstract constructs

• Avoid double-barreled questions

• All of the above

Which of these is not a method of data collection.

• Questionnaires

• Interviews

• Experiments

• Observations

Secondary/existing data may include which of the following?

• Official documents

• Personal documents

• Archived research data

• All of the above

Open-ended questions provide primarily ______ data.

• Confirmatory data

• Qualitative data

• Predictive data

• None of the above

Which of the following is true concerning observation?

• It takes less time

• It costs less money

• It is often not possible to determine exactly why the people behave as they do

• All of the above

Another name for a Likert Scale is a(n)

• Interview protocol

• Event sampling

• Summated rating scale

• Ranking