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Research quiz 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sources you used on your research.

a)

Sources

b)

References

c)

Literature

d)

Results

2.
When using Google for research, what should you type?
a)
The whole question
b)
Specific and descriptive key words
c)
random words
d)
a single, unclear word
3.
What is the main disadvantage of Wikipedia? 
a)
the articles are out of date
b)
topics are narrow or limited
c)
anyone can write or edit the articles
d)
the articles have political bias.
4.
What is an example of secondary research?
a)
Focus Group
b)
Observation
c)
Newspaper
d)
Questionnaire
5.
What is the better definition of secondary research?
a)
Stealing someone else's information
b)
Using information that already exists
c)
Collecting new information
d)
Finding old research
6.
What is an example of primary research?
a)
Magazine
b)
Observation
c)
Newspaper
d)
Government statistics
7.
Which is the odd one out?
a)
Newspaper
b)
Magazines
c)
Books
d)
Questionnaires
8.
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative
a)
They both mean more or less the same
b)
Qualitative is about numbers
c)
Quantitative means looking at opinions
d)
Quantitative is about numbers and figures
9.

Which type of data involves people's feelings and opinions?

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

10.

Quantitative research generates...

a)

Statistics

b)

Opinions

c)

Emotions

11.

Which of the two answers open-ended questions?

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

12.

Primary data is...

a)

information a person has collected themselves

b)

information that is the most important

c)

information that is the most reliable

d)

information that is the most up to date

13.

Second Hand research gathered by others is known as what?

a)

Second hand data

b)

secondary data

c)

supplementary data

d)

significant data

14.

Which of these is an example of a research method that produces primary data?

a)

Interview

b)

Book

c)

Journal

d)

Newspaper

15.

Which of these are examples of secondary data?

a)

Personal Observation

b)

Official data gathered by the Government, eg. Census

c)

Diaries

d)

Interviews held by the person conducting the study

16.

Something that is not morally correct is known as...

a)

Biased

b)

Prejudiced

c)

Unethical

d)

Discrimination

17.

One weakness of primary data is...

a)

Can't check the validity of the data

b)

It can be time consuming

c)

There are many ethical issues

d)

It lacks scientific status

18.

Which type of research tends to be subjective?

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

c)

Experimental

d)

Mixed methods

19.

How many Questions are within the exam?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

How long is the exam?

a)

2 hours

b)

1.5 hours

c)

3 hours

d)

4 hours with a break

21.

Pick the odd one out

a)

Ac.uk

b)

Wikipedia.com

c)

org.

d)

Edu