Question 1

In the study you are doing using the research question you just wrote, what is your population?

Accepted Answer

See page 118. Your population is the group to which you are generalizing and should be included in your research question.

Question 2

How will you pretest your survey?

Accepted Answer

See pages 136-138. You will generally choose between behavior coding, cognitive interviews, and focus groups. Regardless, all surveys should also be pilot tested.

Question 3

You are conducting survey research regarding parents' views of discounted or free meals provided for children in your state. Write your research question.

Accepted Answer

See pages 99-101. Your research question should:
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Be explanatory
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Include one independent and one dependent variable
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Include the population
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Use the individual as the unit of analysis
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Not be answerable with a yes/no or just a few words
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Not include explanations
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Not include the words "could," "can," or "should"
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Focus on attitudes, demographic characteristics, social trends, simple behaviors, respondents' knowledge, or cause and effect
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10Not try to elicit detailed descriptions, people's understandings of their experiences, complex emotions or meanings.

Question 4

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Write one hypothesis to test your research...

Question 5

Would your research be confidential or anonymous? Explain the difference, and why you choose to make it the one you indicated.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Would your research be confidential or anonymous?...

Question 6

What is your sampling frame?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is your sampling frame?...

Question 7

Positivists aim to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  generalize their results to a larger population 
B)  understand a small group as deeply as possible 
C)  admit their biases so as to let the reader decide how much they may have affected the research 
D)  develop good rapport with participants to elicit rich, thick description 
A)  generalize their results to a larger population 
B)  understand a small group as deeply as possible 
C)  admit their biases so as to let the reader decide how much they may have affected the research 
D)  develop good rapport with participants to elicit rich, thick description

Question 8

You are conducting an exit survey of graduating seniors in your major. You send a survey link for an Internet survey to every graduating senior in the major. What kind of sample are you using?

Accepted Answer

A)  quota 
B)  census 
C)  convenience 
D)  probability sampling 
A)  quota 
B)  census 
C)  convenience 
D)  probability sampling

Question 9

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?

Accepted Answer

The mode of delivery I would use depends

Question 10

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Write one hypothesis to test your research...

Question 11

List four things that you will do to protect your participants, OTHER than getting their informed consent.

Accepted Answer

To protect participants in a research st

Question 12

Describe the steps you will take to draw this sample based on the mode of delivery you chose.

Accepted Answer

If the mode of delivery I chose is to dr

Question 13

Taking into account the mode of delivery you chose, how would you get informed consent?

Accepted Answer

To obtain informed consent, particularly

Question 14

Based on the mode of delivery you chose, which sampling method will you use to sample from this population?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Based on the mode of delivery you...

Question 15

Taking into account the mode of delivery you chose, how would you get informed consent?

Accepted Answer

If I chose to deliver information in per

Question 16

There is a negative relationship between age and likelihood of getting a DUI. What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  The younger one is, the more likely they are to get a DUI. 
B)  The older one is, the more likely they are to get a DUI. 
C)  Younger people get harsher penalties than older people when they get a DUI. 
D)  Younger people who receive DUI report it as a negative experience. 
A)  The younger one is, the more likely they are to get a DUI. 
B)  The older one is, the more likely they are to get a DUI. 
C)  Younger people get harsher penalties than older people when they get a DUI. 
D)  Younger people who receive DUI report it as a negative experience.

Question 17

If you are conducting basic survey research on worker satisfaction in the state of Iowa, using random digit dialing for phone surveys, which of the following would you be most likely to use as your sample size? Note that Iowa's state population is approximately 3.15 million.

Accepted Answer

A)  150,000 
B)  1,500 
C)  150 
D)  1.5 million 
A)  150,000 
B)  1,500 
C)  150 
D)  1.5 million

Question 18

In the study you are using the research question you just wrote, what is your population?

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the study you are using the...

Question 19

Based on the hypothesis that you have just written, design a survey item for one variable that you would need to measure. What level of measurement did you use and why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Based on the hypothesis that you have...

Question 20

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which mode of delivery would you use...

In the study you are doing using the research question you just wrote, what is your population?

How will you pretest your survey?

You are conducting survey research regarding parents' views of discounted or free meals provided for children in your state. Write your research question.

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

Would your research be confidential or anonymous? Explain the difference, and why you choose to make it the one you indicated.

What is your sampling frame?

Positivists aim to ______.

You are conducting an exit survey of graduating seniors in your major. You send a survey link for an Internet survey to every graduating senior in the major. What kind of sample are you using?

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

List four things that you will do to protect your participants, OTHER than getting their informed consent.

Describe the steps you will take to draw this sample based on the mode of delivery you chose.

Taking into account the mode of delivery you chose, how would you get informed consent?

Based on the mode of delivery you chose, which sampling method will you use to sample from this population?

Taking into account the mode of delivery you chose, how would you get informed consent?

There is a negative relationship between age and likelihood of getting a DUI. What does this mean?

If you are conducting basic survey research on worker satisfaction in the state of Iowa, using random digit dialing for phone surveys, which of the following would you be most likely to use as your sample size? Note that Iowa's state population is approximately 3.15 million.

In the study you are using the research question you just wrote, what is your population?

Based on the hypothesis that you have just written, design a survey item for one variable that you would need to measure. What level of measurement did you use and why?

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?

Introduction

Interviewing

Observation and Ethnography

Secondary Data Analysis

Existing Statistics Research

Content Analysis

Experiments for Evaluation Research

Focus Groups

Filters

Exam 4: Surveys

In the study you are doing using the research question you just wrote, what is your population?

How will you pretest your survey?

You are conducting survey research regarding parents' views of discounted or free meals provided for children in your state. Write your research question.

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

Would your research be confidential or anonymous? Explain the difference, and why you choose to make it the one you indicated.

What is your sampling frame?

Positivists aim to ______.

You are conducting an exit survey of graduating seniors in your major. You send a survey link for an Internet survey to every graduating senior in the major. What kind of sample are you using?

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

List four things that you will do to protect your participants, OTHER than getting their informed consent.

Describe the steps you will take to draw this sample based on the mode of delivery you chose.

Taking into account the mode of delivery you chose, how would you get informed consent?

Based on the mode of delivery you chose, which sampling method will you use to sample from this population?

Taking into account the mode of delivery you chose, how would you get informed consent?

There is a negative relationship between age and likelihood of getting a DUI. What does this mean?

If you are conducting basic survey research on worker satisfaction in the state of Iowa, using random digit dialing for phone surveys, which of the following would you be most likely to use as your sample size? Note that Iowa's state population is approximately 3.15 million.

In the study you are using the research question you just wrote, what is your population?

Based on the hypothesis that you have just written, design a survey item for one variable that you would need to measure. What level of measurement did you use and why?

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?

Introduction

Interviewing

Observation and Ethnography

Secondary Data Analysis

Existing Statistics Research

Content Analysis

Experiments for Evaluation Research

Focus Groups

Filters