Exam 13: Designing the Data Collection Form

It's important to decide on a method of administration as early as possible, because choice of method will influence the number and types of questions, wording and response categories, question sequencing and so forth.

The most versatile type of question format used by researchers is the______________question.

Which of the following is FALSE?

One method of handling potentially embarrassing questions uses

A question that cues the respondent to the desired answer is

In general, it is ideal to capture the needed data using as few questions as possible.

Sensitive questions should always be put first in a questionnaire.

When determining content of individual questions, in general you want to capture the needed data using

"Order bias" refers to the

The questionnaire pretest serves the same role in a questionnaire design that test marketing serves in new product development.

The most versatile type of question format to obtain answers from respondents is the

The tendency for earlier questions to affect respondent's answers to later questions is called question order bias.

What type of question is the following: "Do you feel that the quality of electronics manufactured in America are as good as those manufactured in Japan?"

In determining the type of questionnaire and the method of administration the researcher need not specify

A pretest of the questionnaire is useful for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

The question, "Are you in favor of the free-choice policy for determining which school your child attends?" is an example of a(n)

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT with respect to the randomized-response model?

Which of the following does NOT affect a respondent's willingness to produce a response?

Data collection should never begin until you have pre-tested the questionnaire.

For many events and behaviors, the best reference time frame to avoid recall loss seems to be between two months to one half year.