Question -MEASUREMENT:DATA COLLECTION METHODS

Q1 Who collects external secondary data?

A) The company
B) Outside organization
C) Libraries
D) Customers
Answer : C

Q2 Which of these is not a method of data collection.

a. Questionnaires
b. Interviews
c. Experiments
d. Observations
Answer : C

Q3 Which of the following is not one of the six major methods of data collection
that are used by educational researchers?
a. Observation
b. Interviews
c. Questionnaires
d. Checklists
Answer : D

Q4 Which of the following is not a major method of data collection?

a. Questionnaires
b. Focus groups
c. Correlational method
d. Secondary data
Answer : C

Q5 Which one of the following is a data collection method?

a. The case study.
b. The onion.
c. Positivism.
d. The interview.
Answer : D

Q6 The primary methods for collecting data are

a. communication and observation
b. closed and open-ended questions
c. experimental and descriptive
d. exploratory, descriptive, and causal
Answer : A

Q7 Which ONE of these methods has the highest response rate?

A. Online
B. Personal
C. Phone
D. Postal
Answer : A

Q8 Which one is Principle of wording

a. Reliability & Validity

b. Classification data or personal information
c. Appearance of questionnaire
d. Length of questionnaire
Answer : B

Q9 Interviewer collects data directly from the subject in a one-on-one, face-to-

face interaction

A. What do experimental methods involve?

B. Hen does data cease to be useless?
C. What take place in a semi-structured interview?
D. How does a personal interview work?
Q10 According to the text, questionnaires can address events and characteristics
taking place when?

a. In the past (retrospective questions)

b. In the present (current time questions)
c. In the future (prospective questions)
d. All of the above
Answer : D

Q11 Which of the following are principles of questionnaire construction?

a. Consider using multiple methods when measuring abstract constructs
b. Use multiple items to measure abstract constructs
c. Avoid double-barreled questions
d. All of the above
e. Only b and c

Answer :D

Q12 interviewer must make participant feel at ease and free to talk openly and
honestly

A. Random spot check

B. Rapport building
C. Biological samples
D. Close-ended items
Answer : B

Q13 Secondary/existing data may include which of the following?

a. Official documents
b. Personal documents
c. Archived research data
d. All of the above

Answer : D

Q14 Which of the following terms best describes data that were originally collected
at an earlier time by a different person for a different purpose?

a. Primary data
b. Secondary data
c. Experimental data
d. Field notes
 Answer : B

Q15 Qualitative observation is usually done for exploratory purposes; it is also

called ___________

a. Structured
b. Naturalistic
c. Complete
d. Probed

Answer : B