Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 4 (30 MCQs)

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1. Identify the data collection method used.Meteorologists use a computer to predict where hurricanes how many hurricanes we will have this year.
2. What is the other term for questionnaire in research?
3. Which among the following is the benefit of using simple random sampling?
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?
5. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of data collection?
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.
7. A toy store owner tracking how much kids spend each month on toys. Which choice best represents a population?
8. What kind of sample technique is the following:A statistics student surveys everyone in the cafeteria.
9. Which primary data collection method involves manipulating an independent variable to measure its effect on a dependent variable?
10. What can we use to gather primary data?
11. Surveys can generate
12. To obtain reliable, valid marketing-research data when conducting personal interviews, researchers must make sure that the interviewers possess which characteristics?
13. Which is the advantage in using personal interviews to collect marketing data?
14. An official count or survey of an entire population, typically recording various details of individuals.
15. Which is the most appropriate data collection method to use when a business wants to determine how its employees interact with customers?
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.
17. Technique which gives every items of the universe an equal chance of being selected is
18. The value or values that occur MOST often
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?
20. Which primary data collection method involves in-depth, one-on-one conversations with respondents?
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.
22. Requires the person completing the questionnaire to compare different items. The items are then given a number e.g 1 to 10
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.
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.
25. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by asking participants to report on their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?
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.
27. The following are types of Observation with Intervention EXCEPT ONE.
28. What is the placebo effect?
29. Cluster, stratified, and simple random are all types of .....
30. It is used for visual presentation in showing patterns and relationships