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1
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
2
A researcher who uses follow-up surveys of a sample from a graduating class at 10 year intervals is conducting a
A)trend study.
B)cohort study.
C)panel study.
D)census.
3
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.
4
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?
5
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?
6
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.
7
Which of the following is not a longitudinal survey design?
A)trend study
B)census
C)cohort study
D)panel study
8
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
9
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
10
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.
11
This study selects different samples from the same population whose members do not change over the course of the study.
A)panel study
B)cohort study
C)trend study
D)census
12
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.
13
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 everyone?
14
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
15
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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