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Quantitative Methods of Research MCQ

Response rate is the proportion of respondents selected for participation in a survey who actually participate.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following was identified as an advantage of using closed-ended questions?

Selecting answer choices takes a lot of time.

Coding answers is tedious and difficult.

They help clarify the question for the respondent.

The answers are not easy to compare.

Answer

Correct Answer: They help clarify the question for the respondent.

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Respondent fatigue is a problem of ______.

Completion rates

Questionnaire length

Data processing issues

Sample-population congruence

Answer

Correct Answer: Questionnaire length

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Which survey method usually has the lowest response rate?

Focus group

In-person interview

Phone

Mail

Answer

Correct Answer: Mail

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A question that sorts respondents into subgroups and directs the subgroups to different parts of the questionnaire is referred to as a branching question.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Which type of survey is usually the least expensive?

Phone

In-person interview

Mail

Drop-off questionnaire

Answer

Correct Answer: Drop-off questionnaire

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Which type of survey is usually the most expensive to administer?

Personal interviews

Mail

Phone

Focus group

Answer

Correct Answer: Personal interviews

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If the recording unit in a content analysis is too small, it will be difficult to measure the single category of a content variable that it possesses.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The list of materials germane to the researcher’s subject makes up a “sampling frame.”

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Content analysis can be both a qualitative and quantitative method.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Content analysis can be both a qualitative and quantitative method.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A graphical display of the data in a frequency or percentage distribution is called

Line chart

Bar chart

Pie chart

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Bar chart

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In which question with two substantive alternatives provided for the respondent?

One sided

Two sided

Three sided

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: One sided

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A question in which the respondent is asked to agree or disagree with a single substantive statement is known as

One sided

Two sided

Three sided

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: One sided

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Sample population congruence is the degree to which sample subjects represent the population from which they are drawn.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The pattern of responding to a series of questions in a similar fashion without careful reading of each question is called response set.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The physical layout and packaging of a questionnaire is questionnaire ____

Sketch

Graph

Design

Presentation

Answer

Correct Answer: Design

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Question order effect is a question with no response alternatives provided for the respondent.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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____ question with no response alternatives provided for the respondent.

Branching question

Filter question

Leading question

Opened ended question

Answer

Correct Answer: Opened ended question

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A question that encourages the respondent to choose a particular response is called

Branching question

Filter question

Leading question

Closed ended question

Answer

Correct Answer: Leading question

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A question used to screen respondents so that subsequent questions will be asked only of certain respondents for whom the questions are appropriate is called

Branching question

Filter question

Leading question

Closed ended question

Answer

Correct Answer: Filter question

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____ question that is really two questions in one.

Branching question

Filter question

Double barreled question

Closed ended question

Answer

Correct Answer: Double barreled question

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A systematic procedure by which records are transformed into quantitative data is known as content analysis

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ question with response alternatives provided.

Branching question

Filter question

Leading question

Closed ended question

Answer

Correct Answer: Closed ended question

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In Which type of question that sorts respondents into subgroups and directs these subgroups to different parts of the questionnaire?

Branching question

Filter question

Leading question

Closed ended question

Answer

Correct Answer: Branching question

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