Research Design
Surveys
Secondary Data
Important Concepts
100
The Quantitative approach is characterized by taking _________ measurements.
Numerical
100
What is a close-ended question?
A question for which the answer choices are provided by the researcher on the survey.
100
Name one source researchers can use to obtain secondary data.
1. Official government statistics 2. Nonpublic agency records 3. Primary collection data developed by another researcher
100
True or False? It is acceptable to use deception or otherwise lie to a participant in scientific research.
True
200
What type of research design uses both random selection and assignment?
True (Classical) Experiment
200
"Do you agree with Candidate X's tax and immigration policies?" is an example of a poor survey question because it is ____________.
Double-barrelled.
200
The UCR (Unified Crime Report) is an example of which type of secondary data?
Official government statistics.
200
What are the two conditions of causation?
Necessary & Sufficient
300
Which type of quantitative research design "pokes the world"?
Experiment
300
Name 2 of the 3 ways to administer a survey.
1. In person 2. Over the telephone 3. Self-administered
300
True or False? When using secondary data, you must consider the units that were used for the original collection.
True
300
Which comes first: random selection or random assignment?
Random selection.
400
The True (Classical) experiment involves four basic steps: assignment, pretest, _____________, posttest.
Treatment
400
What does it mean when a participant "fatigues" while taking a survey?
When a participant stops taking a survey due to the length or difficulty.
400
Name one type of research that can use secondary data analysis.
1. Exploratory 2. Explanatory 3. Descriptive
400
This group serves as a comparison to the treatment group.
Control group.
500
This type of quasi-experiment uses matching instead of random assignment.
Nonequivalent-group design
500
What would a researcher use to measure a participant's agreement?
Likert scale
500
What is the acronym of the archive that keeps social science data sets for researchers to access and use?
ICPSR
500
What is the "dark figure of crime"?
The amount of unreported or undiscovered crime.
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