Sampling Techniques
Experiments
Survey Methods
Survey Construction
Miscellaneous
100
Ben is interested in researching the lives of gang members in Robeson County. He knows one gang members, who he asks to put him in contact with other gang members. This is known as what type of sampling?
What is snowball sampling.
100
This variable is expected to cause a change in, or affect, the dependent variable.
What is the independent variable.
100
In a questionnaire item, this tends to encourage respondents to answer questions in a certain way.
What is bias.
100
It is recommended that interviews open with this.
What is a brief conversation.
100
In this type of data collection method, one person (interviewer) asks questions of another (respondent).
What is an interview.
200
The type of sampling method that does not ensure that everyone in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the study.
What is nonprobability sampling.
200
This describes the process in which you explain exactly how you will measure your variables.
What is operationalization.
200
The purpose of this is to get the respondent to answer an item more fully.
What is a probe.
200
This is the unit of analysis in survey research.
What is respondents.
200
To examine the health status of Robeson County residents, Bob combines County Health Data with interviews and focus group data. Bob is using this type of research.
What is a mixed mode method?
300
A main objective of researching samples is to be able to generalize from the sample statistic to this.
What is the population parameter.
300
You design an experiment in which neither the subjects, nor the participants, know who is in the experimental group and who is in the control group. This is called what type of experimental design?
What is the double-blind experiment.
300
An example is: "Have you ever cheated on an exam and, if so, did you get caught?"
What is a double-barreled question.
300
This is a survey question intended for only some respondents, determined by their responses to some other question.
What is a contingency question.
300
This type of experiment occurs in the "real world."
What is a field experiment?
400
You are interested in researching the beliefs of church-goers in your home town. To do this, you obtain a list of all of the people who attend church regularly, which you use to draw your sample. What is this list called?
What is the sampling frame.
400
When the measurement used in an experiment changes from the pretest to the posttest.
What is the instrumentation effect.
400
This type of survey item provides respondents with a list of possible answers.
What is closed-ended.
400
These types of questions should go at the end of the questionnaire.
What are demographic questions.
400
This type of research involves data collection at two or more different points in time.
What is longitudinal research?
500
This is the sampling interval used to select a sample of 100 participants from a population of 1000.
What is 10.
500
This experimental design combines the classical experimental design with the posttest-only control group design.
What is the Solomon four-group design.
500
This technique is often used for assigning experimental subjects to experimental and control groups randomly.
What is randomization.
500
This is the number of people participating in a survey divided by the number selected in the sample.
What is the response rate?
500
This type of research is conducted without the knowledge of the individuals being observed.
What is unobtrusive research?
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