Soc Final Practice Quiz #10

Most surveys are structured, which means that...

there is a one-on-one relationship between the researcher and the respondent.

the interviewer decides when, where, and how to ask the questions.

the same questions are asked in the same order for all respondents.

they use random selection to select respondents.

Surveys can be used to address ________________________ questions.

neither descriptive nor explanatory

Explanatory

both descriptive and explanatory

Descriptive

Cross-sectional survey designs are to longitudinal survey designs as _______________ is to _______________.

open-ended; closed-ended

trend study; panel study

one survey; two or more surveys

panel study; trend study

A telephone interview survey tends to be cheaper to execute than a _______________ study and longer answers to open-ended questions than a _______________ study.

mailed questionnaire; mailed questionnaire

dailed questionnaire; face-to-face interview

face-to-face interview; mailed questionnaire

face-to-face interview; face-to-face interview

Suppose you are doing a survey in which sample quality and precision are of utmost importance, and you need to ask some critical open-ended questions. Which survey mode would work best?

telephone interview

mixed mode combining web surveys with a telephone interview

mixed mode combining telephone interviews with a mailed questionnaire

face-to-face interview

mail questionnaire

Planning a survey involves two concurrent activities: construction of the survey instrument and...

selection of the sample.

coding of variables.

selection of the survey mode.

selection of the survey design.

What is the major wording problem with the following survey question: As a UCD undergraduate student, how many hours per week do you spend doing course work outside of class? [ ] 0-4 [ ] 4-8 [ ] 8-12 [ ] 12 or more

What is the major wording problem with the following survey question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Instructors who give unfair exams should be docked pay and required to curve exam scores. [ ] strongly agree [ ] agree [ ] disagree [ ] strongly disagree

What is the best placement for the following demographic survey question: What is your religious preference?

the middle

The end

The opening question

Toward the beginning

Compared with experiments, surveys generally are...

less effective in testing causal relationships.

less economical.

less susceptible to reactive measurement effects.

lower in generalizability.

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