Exam 4: Surveys

What three things do you need to demonstrate in order to claim that there is a causal relationship between variables?

List two guidelines that are important to follow when deciding upon the order of your survey items.

What is wrong with this survey item? How much do you support or oppose technology training and new job creation to stimulate our economy? Strongly support Somewhat support Somewhat oppose Strongly oppose

How will you pretest your survey?

What are the most appropriate response categories for the following survey item? How difficult do you find the content material in this class?

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

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

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

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

Why is it important to use probability sampling whenever possible in survey research?

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?

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

How will you pretest your survey?

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

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

How will you pretest your survey?

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

Asking respondents their level of agreement to the statement, "My social class is irrelevant to my popularity," is ______ because social class could be viewed as income by some respondents, educational level by others, and name brands worn by still others.

In the study you are doing 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?