This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research > Tools Of Data Collections Their Types Attributes And Uses – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tools Of Data Collections Their Types Attributes And Uses Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of these is a weakness of Interviews? A) Low response rate. B) Interviewer effect. C) Cheap and easy way to collect data. D) Demand Characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interviewer effect. 2. Which of these is a weakness of qualitative data? A) Unethical. B) Low response rate. C) Lacks validity. D) Hard to analyse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hard to analyse. 3. What are official statistics? A) Data collected in the numeric form. B) Data collected by the police. C) Data collected by big corporations. D) Data collected from a government agencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Data collected from a government agencies. 4. Which one of these definitions explains Experiments? A) Observing a group without their knowledge or consent. B) Collecting information through unstructured interviews and postal questionnaires. C) Observation and description of a group of people and their way of life. D) An investigation that tests a hypothesis. The aim is to find out why something happens by controlling the variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An investigation that tests a hypothesis. The aim is to find out why something happens by controlling the variables. 5. Qualitative data does not A) Have a number. B) Have a question. C) Have an answer. D) Have data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have a number. 6. Which one of these is a strength of Questionnaires? A) Interviewer effect. B) Low response rate. C) Cheap and easy way to collect data. D) Unethical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheap and easy way to collect data. 7. Elise gave each member of the class a random cookie, some from recipe A and some from recipe B. Then she observed which students returned for a second cookieWhat data collection method was used? A) Observational Study. B) Survey. C) Simulation. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiment. 8. ..... is a form containing questions. It may be a printed form or one designed to be filled in online. A) Survey. B) Interview. C) Questionnaires. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Questionnaires. 9. What is quantitative data? A) Data collected the written / descriptive form. B) A study of an individual or group over a long period of time. C) A small scale study done prior to the actual study. D) Data collected in the numeric form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Data collected in the numeric form. 10. What are secondary sources? A) Publications, government documents, brochures, newsletters, annual reports. B) Data collect from an experiment. C) Interview session with the sample. D) Any data gained from a survey or questionnaires. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Publications, government documents, brochures, newsletters, annual reports. 11. Primary data refer to information obtained ..... by the researcher on the variables of interest for the specific purpose of the study. A) First-hand. B) Second-hand. C) Third-hand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First-hand. 12. Sources of Data Collection A) Interview and observation. B) Questionnaires and survey. C) Primary sources and secondary sources. D) Books and journal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary sources and secondary sources. 13. Data collection is the process of ..... A) Gathering and measuring information on variables of interest. B) Gathering and measuring books on variables of interest. C) Gathering and measuring newspapers on variables of interest. D) Gathering and measuring diaries on variables of interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gathering and measuring information on variables of interest. 14. What is a pilot study? A) A study of an individual or group over a long period of time. B) A small scale study done prior to the actual study. C) Data collected in the numeric form. D) Data collected the written / descriptive form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small scale study done prior to the actual study. 15. A student wants to know the most liked professor at her college. Which type of study would be the most practical to obtain this information? A) A simulation. B) An observation. C) A survey. D) An experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A survey. 16. ..... involves 'seeing' things such as objects, processes, relationships, events and formally recording the information. A) Observation. B) Interview. C) Video. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation. 17. A quantity calculated from the observations in a SAMPLE. A) Observation. B) Parameter. C) Study. D) Statistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statistic. 18. Which of these is not an example of official statistics? A) Crime. B) Death Rates. C) Education. D) Diary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diary. 19. ..... is a data collection tool for gathering information from a sample population, with the intention of generalizing the results to a larger population. A) Newspaper. B) Survey. C) Observation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Survey. 20. Which one is a strength of observations A) Enables a researcher to look afresh at everyday behaviour that otherwise might be taken for granted, expected or go unnoticed. B) Can provide a bias outcomes due to confirmation bias of the person/s observing and their AR hypothesis. C) Has difficulties with maintaining high levels of anonymity. D) Can manipulate the situation or subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enables a researcher to look afresh at everyday behaviour that otherwise might be taken for granted, expected or go unnoticed. 21. ..... is a face-to-face conversation between two individuals with the sole purpose of collecting relevant information to satisfy a research purpose. A) Video. B) Observation. C) Interview. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interview. 22. ..... can be used on their own, but are more often accompanied by written captions, providing additional information. A) Website Article. B) Photography. C) Interview. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photography. 23. Which one of these is a strength of Interviews? A) Respondents can clarify responses. B) Low response rate. C) Interviewer effect. D) Cheap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respondents can clarify responses. 24. What is Snowball Sampling? A) Every member is the population has an equal chance of being chose. B) When the researcher has an exact 'quota' of people from different categories in proportion to their numbers in the wider population. C) When you pick every nth person. D) When one participant introduces the researcher to other members in the population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When one participant introduces the researcher to other members in the population. 25. Which one of these is a weakness of Questionnaires? A) Interviewer effect. B) Cheap. C) Low response rate. D) Demand Characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low response rate. 26. What is the first thing you should do before starting to collect data? A) Contact potential participants. B) Write your questions. C) Collect personal information about respondents. D) Decide what the purpose of the data collection is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decide what the purpose of the data collection is. 27. Which one of these definitions explains Ethnography? A) Observing a group without their knowledge or consent. B) Observing a group's activities, while not taking part in them. C) Observation and description of a group of people and their way of life. D) Collecting information through unstructured interviews and postal questionnaires. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observation and description of a group of people and their way of life. 28. Jill asked people on the Internet to comment on the type of cell phone she was thinking of buying.What data collection method was used? A) Survey. B) Observational Study. C) Simulation. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey. 29. ..... are relatively easy to collect and are sometimes the only continuously available source of event data. A) Newspaper. B) Photography. C) Website Article. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newspaper. 30. Which of these is a type of secondary data? A) Interview. B) Questionnaire. C) Observation. D) Official Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Official Statistics. 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