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WorksheetsData Collection and Sampling Techniques
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
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
The researcher has secretly placed him or herself (as a member) in the group that is being studied. This researcher may be which of the following?
A complete participant
An observer-as-participant
A participant-as-observer
None of the above
An ordinal scale is used to rank order people, objects, or characteristics.
True
False
Which scale is the simplest form of measurement?
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
An ordinal scale is:
The simplest form of measurement
A rank-order scale of measurement
A scale with equal intervals between adjacent numbers
A scale with an absolute zero point
Of the following sampling methods, which is a probability method?
Judgement
Quota
Simple random
Convenience
Sample is regarded as a subset of?
Data
Set
Distribution
Population
Which among the following is the benefit of using simple random sampling?
The results are always representative.
Interviewers can choose respondents freely.
Informants can refuse to participate.
We can calculate the accuracy of the results.
A sampling frame is
A summary of the various stages involved in designing a survey
An outline view of all the main clusters of units in a sample
A list of all the units in the population from which a sample will be selected
A wooden frame used to display tables of random numbers
It is helpful to use a multi-stage cluster sample when:
The population is widely dispersed geographically
You have limited time and money available for travelling
You want to use a probability sample in order to generalize the results
All of the above
What effect does increasing the sample size have upon the sampling error?
It reduces the sampling error
It increases the sampling error
It has no effect on the sampling error
None of the above
Snowball sampling can help the researcher to:
Access deviant or hidden populations
Theorize inductively in a qualitative study
Overcome the problem of not having an accessible sampling frame
All of the above
Interviewing all members of a given population is called
a sample.
a Gallup poll.
census.
Nielsen audit.
Which ONE of the following is the main problem with using non-probability sampling techniques ?
The expense.
The results are never representative.
Human judgement error.
Informants can refuse to participate.
Ideally, samples for qualitative research should follow the concept of ______.
interpretivism
saturation
sampling
Response rates depend on the ______ chosen for a research project.
topic
researcher
target population
