Exam 4: Surveys

Thinking about the mode of delivery you chose, list two problems you would be likely to have with getting a good response rate for this study, and what you would do to try to overcome these and thus maximize your response rate?

How will you pretest your survey?

Measuring attitudes about abortion by counting the number of times a person has voted in the last 5 years is a(n) ______ measure.

In survey research, coding the data means ______.

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

How do positivist researchers test their theories?

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

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

How many caffeinated beverages did you drink in the last 24 hr? Which level of measurement is used in this survey item?

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

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

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

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

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.

Explain the three steps to operationalizing a variable.

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

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

Thinking about the mode of delivery you chose, list two problems you would be likely to have with getting a good response rate for this study, and what you would do to try to overcome these and thus maximize your response rate?

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?