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Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 4 (25 MCQs)

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1. A placebo is _____
2. The city planner needs recommendations on improving city streets. She divides up the city into districts by location. She then randomly selects 5 districts and polls every home in those 5 districts. This is an example of:
3. A university student interested in ethnography wants to see whether students from rural areas adapt to college life differently from those from urban areas. She asks 10 rural students and 10 urban students to fill out a questionnaire and then analyzes the data.
4. Focus groups consist typically _____ members with a moderator leading the discussions for about two hours on a particular topic, concept or product.
5. A person with sleep problems is video recorded overnight in a sleep lab to help diagnose a condition.
6. What sampling technique is used in this study? A researcher randomly selects and interviews twenty male and twenty female flight attendants about their safety.
7. This method consists of selecting every nth items from the complete list of population:
8. The Control variables
9. Which is not true about an Experiment?
10. A school chooses 3 randomly selected athletes from each of its sports teams to participate in a survey about athletics at the school.What type of sampling method is this?
11. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data from a small group of individuals who are interviewed in-depth about their opinions and experiences?
12. Scientific data collection specifically focuses on being
13. A _____ is a large group that includes everything being studied.
14. Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning. Determine the sampling method used.
15. Questionnaires can address events and characteristics taking place when?
16. Identify the data collection method used.Meteorologists use a computer to predict where hurricanes how many hurricanes we will have this year.
17. What is the other term for questionnaire in research?
18. Which among the following is the benefit of using simple random sampling?
19. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by observing individuals in a laboratory or controlled setting, where extraneous variables can be eliminated or controlled?
20. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of data collection?
21. Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She places students' names in a container and randomly picks out 20 names.
22. A toy store owner tracking how much kids spend each month on toys. Which choice best represents a population?
23. What kind of sample technique is the following:A statistics student surveys everyone in the cafeteria.
24. Which primary data collection method involves manipulating an independent variable to measure its effect on a dependent variable?
25. What can we use to gather primary data?
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