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Research Using Secondary Data and “Big” Data MCQ

How often does the U.S. government conduct a full census of the population?

5 years

2 years

10 years

4 years

Answer

Correct Answer: 10 years

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Data from the Chicago Police Department would likely come from ______.

U.S. Census Bureau

Bureau of Labor Statistics

University of Chicago

Other U.S. Government source

Answer

Correct Answer: Other U.S. Government source

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The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series contains surveys from ______.

The Current Population Survey

Individual-level samples from the U.S. Census data

Previous research donated by researchers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics

Answer

Correct Answer: Individual-level samples from the U.S. Census data

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What is the greatest challenge researchers face when using secondary data?

Time and money

Unable to compare to other samples

Inability to design data collection

Inability to penetrate certain settings

Answer

Correct Answer: Inability to design data collection

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Which of the following is FALSE about data from the ICPSR?

Most data files are restricted to people at member institutions.

Most data include a list of published studies that used the data.

Most downloads are zipped.

Downloads are currently not compatible with SPSS.

Answer

Correct Answer: Downloads are currently not compatible with SPSS.

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The General Social Survey is conducted by ______.

U.S. Census Bureau

Bureau of Labor Statistics

University of Chicago

National Opinion Research Corporation

Answer

Correct Answer: National Opinion Research Corporation

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Secondary data sources ______.

Are unavailable for academic researchers

Usually lack validity

Have data collected for other purposes

Define one’s study purpose

Answer

Correct Answer: Have data collected for other purposes

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Officials who serve citizens and have a high level of power and discretion are known as street-level bureaucrats.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Census counts remain unaffected by social and political pressures.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Subject confidentiality is a key concern when original records are analyzed.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Data quality is always a concern when using secondary data.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The U.S. decennial census of population also includes of a census of housing.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Street-level bureaucrats describe the Officials who serve clients and have a high degree of discretion.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Officials who serve clients and have a high degree of discretion is called street-level bureaucrats

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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___________ analysis is the method of using pre-existing data in a different way or to answer a different research question than intended by those who collected the data.

Primary data

Secondary data

Accurate data

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Secondary data

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Previously collected data that are used in a new analysis is called

Primary data

Secondary data

Accurate data

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Secondary data

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Frequency graphs produced by Google’s database of all words printed in more than one third of the world’s books over time (with coverage still expanding) is called

Ngrams

Mails

Data

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Ngrams

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The academic consortium that archives data sets online from major surveys and other social science research and makes them available for analysis by others is called Inter-university Consortium for Political and ______Research

Cultural

Mental

Social

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Social

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Massive data sets accessible in computer-readable form that are produced by people, available to social scientists, and manageable with today’s computers is called

Small data

Big data

Normal

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Big data

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