This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Data > Methods Of Data Collection – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the data collection method used.Meteorologists use a computer to predict where hurricanes how many hurricanes we will have this year. A) Observation. B) Simulation. C) Experiment. D) Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simulation. 2. What is the other term for questionnaire in research? A) Rating Scale. B) Instrument. C) Mechanical Device. D) Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Survey. 3. Which among the following is the benefit of using simple random sampling? A) Interviewers can choose respondents freely. B) The results are always representative. C) Informants can refuse to participate. D) We can calculate the accuracy of the results. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We can calculate the accuracy of the results. 4. 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? A) Controlled observations. B) Participant observations. C) Naturalistic observations. D) Systematic observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controlled observations. 5. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of data collection? A) To obtain information. B) To keep on record. C) To use for personal reasons. D) To pass information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To use for personal reasons. 6. 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. A) Convenience Sampling. B) Systematic Random Sampling. C) Simple Random Sampling (SRS). D) Volunteer response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple Random Sampling (SRS). 7. A toy store owner tracking how much kids spend each month on toys. Which choice best represents a population? A) All of the kids who buy toys. B) 227 wealthy kids. C) 228 boys age 7-15. D) 235 kids from age 10 to 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the kids who buy toys. 8. What kind of sample technique is the following:A statistics student surveys everyone in the cafeteria. A) Convenience Sampling. B) Simple Random Sampling. C) Systematic Sampling. D) Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convenience Sampling. 9. Which primary data collection method involves manipulating an independent variable to measure its effect on a dependent variable? A) Interviews. B) Observations. C) Experiments. D) Surveys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experiments. 10. What can we use to gather primary data? A) Surveys. B) Interviews. C) Drawings. D) Experiments. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 11. Surveys can generate A) Qualitative data. B) Quantitative data. C) Objective data. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. To obtain reliable, valid marketing-research data when conducting personal interviews, researchers must make sure that the interviewers possess which characteristics? A) Open, friendly, and nonjudgmental. B) Approachable, opinionated, and organized. C) Consistent, biased, and aggressive. D) Courteous, passive, and distant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open, friendly, and nonjudgmental. 13. Which is the advantage in using personal interviews to collect marketing data? A) High flexibility. B) Biased interviewer. C) Limited interaction. D) Slow collection rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High flexibility. 14. An official count or survey of an entire population, typically recording various details of individuals. A) Observational study. B) Experiment. C) Census. D) Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Census. 15. Which is the most appropriate data collection method to use when a business wants to determine how its employees interact with customers? A) Telephone interview. B) Employee survey. C) Observation. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observation. 16. Coach Smith wants to know whether students would pay for the privilege of parking theircars in the lot closest to the school. He surveyed students getting on the buses while hemonitored bus loading each afternoon. What type of sampling technique is this? This is ..... sampling. A) Systematic. B) Cluster. C) Simple. D) Convenience. E) Stratified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convenience. 17. Technique which gives every items of the universe an equal chance of being selected is A) Convenient sampling. B) Random Sampling. C) Judgement sampling. D) Non-random sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Random Sampling. 18. The value or values that occur MOST often A) Mode. B) Mean. C) Range. D) Median. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mode. 19. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by analyzing the speech and language patterns of individuals or groups, with a focus on understanding how these patterns are related to social and cultural factors? A) Psycholinguistics. B) Neurolinguistics. C) Applied linguistics. D) Sociolinguistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sociolinguistics. 20. Which primary data collection method involves in-depth, one-on-one conversations with respondents? A) Experiments. B) Observations. C) Surveys. D) Interviews. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interviews. 21. Instructors teaching research methods are interested in knowing what study techniques their students are utilizing. Rather than assessing all students, the researchers list all names of the students in each section and use a program to random pick 100 students. A) Simple random sample. B) Convenience. C) Stratified. D) Cluster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple random sample. 22. Requires the person completing the questionnaire to compare different items. The items are then given a number e.g 1 to 10 A) Closed question. B) Rating. C) Rank order. D) Open question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rating. 23. A journalist wants to increase the readership of the school paper. He designs a set of questions that will discern the types of articles most students are interested in reading. A) Observational. B) Experimental. C) Survey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Survey. 24. Identify the sampling design:School admin conducted a survey on post-graduation plans. Students of senior class 2018 were listed in order by class rank. The school selected a random number between 1 and 15, obtaining a number 11. Then, they selected every 11th student for the survey. A) Cluster. B) Volunteer. C) Systematic. D) Simple random. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systematic. 25. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by asking participants to report on their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors? A) Surveys. B) Focus groups. C) Interviews. D) Case studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surveys. 26. What type of sampling is this? Soybeans are planted on a 48-acre field. The field is divided into one acre subplots. A sample of plants is taken from each subplot to estimate the harvest. A) Random sample. B) Convenience sample. C) Stratified Random sample. D) Census. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratified Random sample. 27. The following are types of Observation with Intervention EXCEPT ONE. A) Field Experiment. B) Structured Observation. C) Physical Traces. D) Participant Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical Traces. 28. What is the placebo effect? A) When someone believes a medication works but the medication was not medicated. B) A dangerous experiment that can harm the person that is experimented. C) A disease that effects the brain, worse than meningitis. D) Something that affects the neurological pathways causing people to do nonsensical things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When someone believes a medication works but the medication was not medicated. 29. Cluster, stratified, and simple random are all types of ..... A) Haphazard samples. B) Convenience samples. C) Biased samples. D) Unbiased samples. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unbiased samples. 30. It is used for visual presentation in showing patterns and relationships A) Graphical form. B) Tabular graph. C) Textual form. D) None of above. 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