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Which of the following surveys is a cross-sectional survey? |
| | A) | a survey given to elementary school faculty in five school districts |
| | B) | a survey of a 1980 high school graduating class given in 1985, 1990, and 1995 |
| | C) | a survey of ACLU lawyers given before and one year after a publicized civil rights case |
| | D) | a monthly survey about shopping tendencies given to ten shoppers over a one-year span |
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When the same sample of individuals is surveyed at different points in time, this is known as a |
| | A) | trend study. |
| | B) | cohort study. |
| | C) | panel study. |
| | D) | inert study. |
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Suppose that a researcher obtains teacher and student attendance rates from every middle school in a state. The unit of analysis is in this study is a |
| | A) | record of attendance. |
| | B) | student. |
| | C) | teacher and student. |
| | D) | school. |
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Which of the following survey questions is an example of a closed-ended question? |
| | A) | What resources do you most need in your foreign language laboratory? |
| | B) | Do you characterize the foreign language resources as inadequate, adequate, or excellent? |
| | C) | What is the primary funding source for major purchases in the foreign language laboratory? |
| | D) | Who are the two most knowledgeable people about foreign language curricula in the district? |
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Which of the following items is least likely to result in item nonresponse? |
| | A) | What is your occupation? |
| | B) | What is your weekly income? |
| | C) | How many movies have you seen in the past five years? |
| | D) | Have you ever smoked marijuana? |
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Which of the following is not one of the three major characteristics that most surveys possess? |
| | A) | Information is collected from a group of people in order to describe some aspect or characteristic of the population of which that group is a part. |
| | B) | The main way in which the information is collected is through asking questions; the answers to these questions by the members of the group constitute the data of the study. |
| | C) | The questions on the surveys must be very complex in order to get accurate data. |
| | D) | Information is collected from a sample, rather than from every member of the population. |
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Which of the following is not a longitudinal survey design? |
| | A) | trend study |
| | B) | census |
| | C) | cohort study |
| | D) | panel study |
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This survey collects information from a sample that has been drawn from a predetermined population, and the information is collected at just one point in time. |
| | A) | trend study |
| | B) | cohort study |
| | C) | panel study |
| | D) | cross-sectional survey |
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When different samples are obtained at different times from a population whose members may change, this is called a |
| | A) | census |
| | B) | panel study |
| | C) | trend study |
| | D) | cross-sectional survey |
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When the researcher surveys the same sample of individuals at different times during the course of the survey, it is called a |
| | A) | trend study. |
| | B) | cross-sectional survey. |
| | C) | panel studies. |
| | D) | cohort study. |
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This study samples a particular population whose members do not change over the course of the study. |
| | A) | panel study |
| | B) | cohort study |
| | C) | trend study |
| | D) | census |
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Is it important to follow up non-responders in mail and telephone surveys? |
| | A) | No. Delayed returns would be less valid. |
| | B) | No. This will not result in more responses. |
| | C) | Yes. Lack of response is likely to bias results. |
| | D) | Yes. A large sample is required. |
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Which of the following is not one of the four practical standards that Floyd Fowler points out? |
| | A) | Is this a question that can be asked exactly the way it is written? |
| | B) | If this is a question that people refuse to answer, how will you influence them to answer it anyway? |
| | C) | Is this a question that people can answer? |
| | D) | Is this a question that will mean the same thing to the same people? |
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Which of the following is not an advantage of closed-ended questions? |
| | A) | they enhance the consistency of response across respondents |
| | B) | they are easier and faster to tabulate |
| | C) | they are more popular with respondents |
| | D) | they allow more freedom in response |
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Which of the following is a disadvantage of open-ended questions? |
| | A) | they may limit breadth of responses |
| | B) | they take more time to construct |
| | C) | they are harder to tabulate and synthesize |
| | D) | they require more questions to cover the research topic |
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