Exam 4: Surveys

How will you pretest your survey?

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

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?

Write one hypothesis to test your research question.

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

You are using a survey to investigate the effect that public discourse has on attitudes about health-care reform in your state. Write your research question.

Which of the following is the best survey question?

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

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

You are conducting basic research with the family members of prison inmates about their most recent visit to the prison. You have a small budget for collecting the data. You are particularly interested in how visiting the prison impacts the family members emotionally and financially. Which mode of delivery would be the best choice, given the situation?

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?

Which mode of delivery would you use and why?