This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Data > Methods Of Data Collection – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A way of collecting data where a group of people who are asked by a business to give their opinions and advice about a product or service A) Consumer panel. B) Interview. C) Questionnaire. D) Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumer panel. 2. Which data collection method would you use to collect data for this study? A study of the effect of changing flight patterns on the number of airplane accidents. A) Survey. B) Observational Study. C) Experiment. D) Simulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simulation. 3. You want to find out student opinions on the location for the prom. What should you use? A) An experiment. B) A survey. C) A simulation. D) An observational study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A survey. 4. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by manipulating an independent variable and measuring its effect on a dependent variable, while controlling for extraneous variables? A) Laboratory experiments. B) Field experiments. C) Natural experiments. D) Quasi-experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laboratory experiments. 5. Divide the class into four groups (freshman, sophomore, junior and senior) and take a random sample of two students from each group A) Simple random sampling. B) Stratified random sampling. C) Cluster sampling. D) Systematic sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratified random sampling. 6. Shawn Mendes is unaware that his fans are recording his interview with the press. What kind of observation is shown? A) Participant. B) Non-participant. C) Overt. D) Covert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covert. 7. A researcher used a computer program to help determine how fast a virus might spread through a city.What kind of data collection method is this? A) Simulation. B) Experiment. C) Survey. D) Observational study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simulation. 8. The quickest method to collect primary data is: A) Indirect Oral Investigation. B) Telephone Interview. C) Mailed Questionnaire Method. D) Direct Personal Investigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telephone Interview. 9. A questionnaire given to a sample of population to fill it up. A) Survey. B) Observational study. C) Experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey. 10. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by analyzing existing data sources, such as government records, social media posts, or medical records? A) Content analysis. B) Ethnography. C) Discourse analysis. D) Secondary data analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary data analysis. 11. What type of interview question is this, "What do you think is the purpose of research? " A) Background question. B) Feeling question. C) Knowledge question. D) Opinion question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opinion question. 12. Where researchers observe the effect of a risk factor, diagnostic test, treatment or other intervention A) Survey. B) Experiment. C) Census. D) Observational study. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observational study. 13. Determine if not using car seat belts increases deaths in car accidents A) Experiment. B) Census. C) Sample Survey. D) Observational Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observational Study. 14. A School of Style with abbreviation APA. A) Australian Physician Association. B) American Physician Association. C) American Physiological Association. D) American Psychological Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American Psychological Association. 15. Random sampling method is also know as ..... A) Judgement sampling. B) Probability sampling. C) Quota Sampling. D) Systematic sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Probability sampling. 16. What sampling technique is used in this study.Every 3rd person walking by is asked their opinion on a certain topic. A) Convenience. B) Systematic. C) Cluster. D) Random. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systematic. 17. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by interviewing individuals who have experienced a particular phenomenon or event, with the goal of understanding their subjective experiences and perspectives? A) Narrative interviews. B) Life history interviews. C) Discourse-based interviews. D) Phenomenological interviews. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phenomenological interviews. 18. Identify the sampling design:Mr. April asks Mrs. May, his neighbor, who her favorite America's Got Talent contestant is A) Stratified. B) Unbiased. C) Cluster. D) Convenience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convenience. 19. If you wanted to estimate the number of students in your school who play video games more than 10 hours per week.What is the best method of data collection? A) Sample Survey. B) Census. C) Experiment. D) Observational Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sample Survey. 20. Interview the first 30 students who enter the school in the morning.What type of sampling method is this? A) Simple random. B) Voluntary response. C) Systematic. D) Convenience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convenience. 21. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by observing individuals in their natural environment without their knowledge or consent? A) Overt observations. B) Covert observations. C) Structured observations. D) Participatory observations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covert observations. 22. Which primary data collection method involves collecting data by observing individuals or groups as they go about their daily lives, without interfering or altering their behavior in any way? A) Participant observation). B) Controlled observation. C) Naturalistic observation. D) Systematic observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naturalistic observation. 23. Before a nation-wide election, a polling place was trying to see who would win. Which choice best represents a sample? A) A selection of voters over age 50. B) A selection of male voters. C) A selection of voters of different ages. D) All voters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A selection of voters of different ages. 24. A teacher wants to know the average time spent doing homework by the students in her class of 20 girls and 5 boys.She picks the student in every 5th seat. A) Simple Random. B) Systematic. C) Voluntary response. D) Convenience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systematic. 25. Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She survey's the first 30 students who come into her class. Determine the sampling method that she used. A) Convenience Sampling. B) Systematic Random Sampling. C) Simple Random Sampling. D) Judgemental Sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convenience Sampling. 26. It is a method that has a physical contact with the respondents. A) Indirect Method. B) Direct Method. C) Observation Method. D) Experimental Method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Method. 27. A wide range of statistics that have already been collected and can be found on the internet A) Data mines. B) Statistical reports. C) Statistical surveys. D) Data reports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistical reports. 28. If you want to determine if students using a calculator on a math final exam score better than students who do not use a calculator, what is the best method of data collection? A) Observational Study. B) Experiment. C) Cenus. D) Sample Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational Study. 29. Jill searched the Internet to find comments and reviews from people who owned the type of cell phone she was thinking of buying.What data collection method was used? A) Observational Study. B) Simulation. C) Survey. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Survey. 30. Interviewing all members of a given population is called A) A sample. B) A Gallup poll. C) Census. D) Nielsen audit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Census. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesMethods Of Data Collection Quiz 1Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 2Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 3Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 4Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 6Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 7Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 8Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books