This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Data > Methods Of Data Collection – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An experiment in which neither the subjects nor the people who work with them know which treatment each subject is receiving is called A) Single blind. B) Controlled. C) Double blind. D) Replicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Double blind. 2. If you wanted to determine if computer games are more effective than paper and pencil drills for children learning the multiplication tables, what is the best data collection method? A) Census. B) Sample Survey. C) Observational Study. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiment. 3. Requires the person completing the questionnaire to compare a list of the same type of items, then rank those items in order A) Open question. B) Closed question. C) Rating. D) Rank order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rank order. 4. A mathematics teacher wants to see how much time pressure affects student scores on a quiz. She divides her 170 students into two groups and then gives the same quiz to each group. One group must finish the quiz within 10 min and the other group has no time limit for completing the quiz. A) Observational. B) Experimental. C) Survey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experimental. 5. Mrs. Gilmore samples her class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys. This type of sampling is called? A) Stratified. B) Cluster. C) Systematic. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratified. 6. A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a good job. Which choice best represents a sample? A) 242 voters. B) 1, 000 unemployed voters. C) The mayor's family. D) The residents of the town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 242 voters. 7. Which data collection method would you use to collect data for this study? A study of the effect of eating oatmeal on lowering blood pressure. A) Experiment. B) Survey. C) Observational Study. D) Simulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experiment. 8. It involves an intensive interaction between the researcher and the subjects or participants. A) Participant observation. B) Naturalistic Observation. C) Simulation. D) Nonparticipant Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participant observation. 9. Which data collection method would you use to collect data for this study? A study of how fourth grade students solve a puzzle. A) Observational Study. B) Survey. C) Simulation. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observational Study. 10. Estimate the number of students in your school who play video games more than 10 hours per week. A) Census. B) Experiment. C) Sample Survey. D) Observational Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sample Survey. 11. The seniors at Kennedy High School are going to vote where the senior trip should be. The Teachers need 100 votes before they can make a final decision. Identify the population. A) Seniors at Kennedy High School. B) Teachers at Kennedy High School. C) 100 senior voters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seniors at Kennedy High School. 12. What kind of data are contained in the census of population and national income estimates, for the government? A) Primary data. B) Secondary data. C) Internal data. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary data. 13. Our school librarian Mrs. Grambling wants to determine how many students use the library on a regular basis. What type of sampling method would she use if she chose to select every 3rd student who enters the library on a particular day. A) Convenience Sample only. B) Simple Random Sample. C) Stratified Random Sample. D) Systematic Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Systematic Sample. 14. Find the mean of the following set:10, 9, 7, 8, 7, 7 A) 8. B) 7.5. C) 7. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 15. Instructors teaching research methods are interested in knowing what study techniques their students are utilizing. Rather than assessing all students, the researchers randomly select 4 sections and interview all students in those chosen sections. A) Simple random sample. B) Convenience. C) Stratified. D) Cluster. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cluster. 16. The Human Resources director decides to take a poll on the current dress code at work. He puts all the employee names in a random generator program, selects 25 names, and emails those 25 employees a survey. A) Systematic. B) Simple random sample. C) Convenience. D) Self-selected (volunteer). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple random sample. 17. Under which method, chits are taken to collect a sample? A) Lottery method. B) Convenience method. C) Judgement Method. D) Tippet's method. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lottery method. 18. Which method of collection of data covers the widest area? A) Questionnaire filled by Enumerators. B) Direct personal interview method. C) Indirect personalinterview method. D) Mailed questionnaire method. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mailed questionnaire method. 19. A conversation between two people in which questions are asked A) Consumer panel. B) Interview. C) Focus group. D) Questionnaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interview. 20. When looking at types of behaviour, what does 'spatial' mean? A) Relating to immediate surrounding area. B) Relating to the moon, stars and galaxies. C) Having enough 'elbow room'. D) Relating to the different shapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relating to immediate surrounding area. 21. Data must be ..... to become information A) Cleansed. B) Verified. C) Processed. D) Anonymised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Processed. 22. In a local community, 3 different Publix stores are chosen randomly, out of all 15 Publix stores in the community, and the salaries of all 3 employees in those 3 stores are used as data. Is an example of what sampling technique? A) Stratified. B) Cluster. C) Random. D) Systematic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cluster. 23. Which of the following is not a method of primary data collection? A) Direct personal investigation. B) Collection of information through questionnaire. C) Indirect oral investigation. D) Reports of committees and commissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reports of committees and commissions. 24. It is commonly used in presenting qualitative data A) Graphical form. B) Tabular graph. C) Textual form. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Textual form. 25. What should you use when determining the number of people who want hot dogs at your cookout? A) Simulation. B) Census. C) Experiment. D) Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Census. 26. The purpose of this question is to understand what would motivate people to start composting.Which question meets this purpose? A) Would you like to learn how to compost?. B) Would free composting lessons motivate you to learn to compost?. C) What would encourage you to start composting?. D) Have you ever tried to compost?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What would encourage you to start composting?. 27. Which is an example of a marketing-research method that is used to collect primary data? A) External reports. B) Trade-journal article. C) Customer survey. D) Census data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Customer survey. 28. Which of the following is NOT a type of primary data collection method? A) Observations. B) Surveys. C) Meta-analysis. D) Experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meta-analysis. 29. Students in a science class record the behavior of their class pet by looking at the pet's behavior.What type of data collection method is this? A) Experiment. B) Observational Study. C) Simulation. D) Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observational Study. 30. What kind of sampling technique is the following:List the names of all the students alphabetically and contact the parent of every 10th student. A) Convenience Sampling. B) Simple Random Sampling. C) Systematic Sampling. D) Sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systematic Sampling. ← 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 5Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 6Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 8Methods Of Data Collection Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books