Data Collection in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research MCQ
Photo interviewing is The process of eliciting data from a person using photographic or video imagery when conducting interviews
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A process of collecting data using visual sources, such as photographs, drawings, graphics, paintings, film, and video is ______ data collection
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Visual
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Observing during specific time intervals is time interval sampling
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True
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Which interview conducted over the phone ?
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Telephone
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A non experimental “research method” that relies on questionnaires and/or interviews for data collection is survey research
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True
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A set of open-ended questions are asked in a specific order and exactly as worded is standard open ended review
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True
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Presenting the same stimulus to all participants is called
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Standardization
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Existing data originally collected or left behind at an earlier time by a different person for a different purpose ______ and existing data
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Secondary
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The overall research design and strategy is called
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Research method
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Changes that occur in people because they know they are being observed; an alteration in performance that occurs as a result of being aware of participating in a study is called reactivity
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True
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A self-report data-collection instrument filled out by ______ is called questionnaire
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Research participants
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Standardized and structured observation is known as ______
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Quantitative observation
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Observing all potentially relevant phenomena is called
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Qualitative observation
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An interview providing qualitative data is called
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Qualitative interview
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Prompt to obtain response clarity or additional information is called probe
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Any material thing created or left by humans that might provide information about a phenomenon of interest to a researcher is called
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Physical data
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Anything written, photographed, or recorded for private purposes is called ______
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Personal documents
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Researcher who spends extended time with the group as an insider and tells members they are being studied is called participant as observer
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Anything written, photographed, or recorded by an organization is called
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Official documents
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Researcher who spends a limited amount of time observing group members and tells members they are being studied is called observer as participant
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Watching the behavioral patterns of people is called
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Observation
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Observation done in real-world settings is called
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Naturalistic observation
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A technique for physically obtaining data to be analyzed in a research study is called method of data collection
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True
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Observation done in the lab or other setting set up by the ______ is called laboratory observation
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Researcher
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Use of a ______ of data collection to obtain a mixture of qualitative and quantitative data is known as intra method mixing
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Single method
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The person asking the questions is called interviewer
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The person being asked questions is called ______
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Interviewee
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A data-collection instrument used in an interview is called ______
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Interview protocol
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Specific topics and/or open-ended questions are asked in any order is called ______
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Interview guide approach
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A data-collection method in which an interviewer asks an interviewee questions is called interview
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Use of more than one method of data collection in a research study
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False
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A ______ loosely structured interview is called informal conversational interview
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Spontaneous
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An interview conducted ______ is called in;person interview
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Face to face
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The person leading the focus group discussion is called group moderator
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Advises researchers to thoughtfully and strategically mix or combine qualitative and quantitative research methods, approaches, procedures, concepts, and other paradigm characteristics in a way that produces an overall design with multiple (divergent and convergent) and complementary (broadly viewed) strengths and nonoverlapping weaknesses is called fundamental principle of mixed research
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What people want or allow us to see is called
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Frontstage behavior
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A moderator leads a discussion with a small group of people is known as focus group
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Notes taken by an ______ is called field notes
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Observer
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Observing during and directly after a specific ______ has occurred is called event sampling
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Event
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Objects or things that are constructed by research participants during a research study is called ______
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Constructed data
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Researcher who becomes a member of the group being studied and does not tell members they are being studied is called
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Complete participant
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Researcher who observes as an outsider and does not tell people they are being observed is called
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Complete observer
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What people say and do only with their closest friends is called
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Backstage behavior
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Data originally used for research purposes and then stored is callled
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Archived research data
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Research that relies primarily on the collection of quantitative data is called
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Quantitative research
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Research that relies primarily on the collection of quantitative data is called
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Quantitative research
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______ variable that changes the relationship between other variables
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Moderator
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The following set of response categories has a problem. The item stem reads “What is your current age?”1-9,10-19,20-29,30-39,40-49
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The categories are not exhaustive.
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Observations provide clear and direct information about why people behave as they do.
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False
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According to your textbook, 6–12 people typically participate in a focus group.
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When the researcher becomes a member of the group being studied and tells the members that she is a researcher studying their group, this is a form of observer-as-participant observation.
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Experiments are a major method of data collection.
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False
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A synonym for qualitative observation is naturalistic observation.
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Minutes of school board meetings, newspapers, yearbooks, and journals are examples of ______.
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Official documents
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Which of the following is included in the “Tips for Conducting Fieldwork and Qualitative Observation” provided in the chapter?
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Remain alert at all times, and pay attention to anything that may be important.
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Which of the following is one of the “Tips for Conducting Fieldwork and Qualitative Observation” provided in the chapter?
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Be obtrusive
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Which of the following is one of the “Tips for Conducting an Effective Interview” provided in the chapter?
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Make sure all interviewers are well trained.
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The use of two or more of the major methods of data collection in a research study is known as ______.
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Intermethod mixing
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A question during an interview such as “What do you mean?” or “Anything else?” is known as a(n) ______.
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Probe
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The type of interview in which questions and response categories are determined in advance, responses are fixed, and the respondent chooses from among these fixed responses.
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The closed quantitative interview
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Secondary/existing data include which of the following?
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Archived research data
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Which of these is a method of data collection?
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Observations
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What is this idea called: “You should mix methods in a way that provides complementary strengths (broadly viewed) and nonoverlapping weaknesses.”
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Fundamental principle of mixed research
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Which type of research is the most important in educational research?
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All of these are important.
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