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1.Analysisofcovarian(http://www.vuzs.info)ceis:

a.Astatisticaltechniquethatcanbeusedtohelpequategroupsonspecificvariables
b.Astatisticaltechniquethatcanbeusedtocontrolsequencingeffects
c.Astatisticaltechniquethatsubstitutesforrandomassignmenttogroups
d.Adjustsscoresontheindependentvariabletocontrolforextraneousvariables

2.Todeterminewhethernoiseaffectstheabilitytosolvemathproblems,aresearcherhasonegroupsolvemathproblemsinaquietroomandanothergroupsolvemathproblemsinanoisyroom.Thegroupsolvingproblemsinthenoisyroomcompletes15problemsinonehourandthegroupsolvingproblemsinthequietroomcompletes22problemsinonehour.Inthisexperiment,theindependentvariableis____________
andthedependentvariableis_____________.

a.Thenumberofproblemssolvesthedifficultyoftheproblems
b.Thenumberofproblemssolvedthenoiselevelintheroom
c.Thenoiselevelintheroomthenumberofproblemssolved
d.Thenoiselevelintheroomthedifficultyoftheproblems

3.Theposttestonlydesignwithnonequivalentgroupsislikelytocontrolforwhichofthefollowingthreatstointernalvalidity:
a.History
b.Differentialselection
c.Additiveandinteractiveeffects
d.Differentialattrition

4.Whenallparticipantsreceivealltreatmentcon(http://www.vuzs.info)ditions,thestudyissusceptibleto:
a.Ordereffects
b.Carryovereffects
c.Analysisofcovariance
d.aandb

5.Aresearcherisinterestedintheeffectsofapreschoolprogramonlaterschoolperformance.Becausesheisconcernedthatsocioeconomicstatus(SES)isapotentialextraneousvariableinherstudy,shepickschildrentostudywhoareonlyfromlowSEShomes.Thecontroltechniquesheusedinthisstudywas:
a.Matching
b.Randomassignment
c.Holdingtheextraneousvariableconstant
d.Statisticallycontrollingtheextraneousvariable

6.Whichofthefollowingtermsbestdescribesaninteractioneffect?
a.Theeffectofoneindependentvariable(onaDV)dependsonthelevelofanotherindependentvariable
b.Eliminatinganydifferentialinfluenceofextraneousvariables
c.Sequencingeffectthatoccursfromtheorderinwhichthetreatmentconditionsare
administered
d.Theeffectofoneindependentvariableonthedependentvariable

7.Whichofthefollowingtermsreferstoastatisticalmethodthatcanbeusedtostatisticallyequategroupsonapretestorsomeotherv(http://www.vuzs.info)ariable?
a.Experimentalcontrol
b.Differentialinfluence
c.Matching
d.Analysisofcovariance

8.Whichofthefollowingisnotawaytomanipulateanindependentvariable?
a.Presencetechnique
b.Amounttechnique
c.Typetechnique
d.Randomtechnique
9.Whichofthefollowingdesignspermitsacomparisonofpretestscorestodeterminetheinitialequivalenceofgroupsonthepretestbeforethetreatmentvariableisintroducedintotheresearchsetting.
a.Onegrouppretestposttestdesign
b.Pretestposttestcontrolgroupdesign
c.Posttestonlydesignwithnonequivalentgroups
d.Bothbandc

10.Counterbalancingis_________.
a.Usuallybasedonrandomselectionofparticipants
b.Onlyusedwhenonepretestvariableneedstobecontrolled
c.Chosentocontrolforsuchthingsasorderandcarryovereffects*
d.Alloftheabove

11.Thegroupthatreceivestheexperimentaltreatmentconditionisthe_____.
a.Experimentalgroup
b.Controlgroup
c.Participantgroup
d.Independentgroup

12.Whichofthefollowingcontroltechniquesavailabletotheresearchercontrolsforbothknownandunknownvariables?
a.Buildingtheextraneousvariableintothedesign
b.Matching
c.Randomassignment
d.Analysisofcovariance

13.Thegroupthatdoesnotreceivetheexperimentaltreatmentconditionisthe________.
a.Experimentalgroup
b.Controlgroup
c.Treatmentgroup
d.Independentgroup

14.Thereareanumberofwaysinwhichconfoundingextraneousvariablescanbecontrolled.Whichcontroltechniqueisconsideredtobethebest?
a.Randomassignment
b.Matching
c.Counterbalancing
d.Noneoftheabove

15.Whichofthefollowingcouldbeusedforrandomlyassigningparticipantstogroupsinanexperimentalstudy?
a.Splithalf(e.g.,firsthalfversussecondhalfofaschooldirectory)
b.Evenversusoddnumbers
c.Usealistofrandomnumbersoracomputerrandomizationprogram
d.Lettheresearcherdecidewhichgroupwillbethebest

16.Whichtermisnotarelatedtocounterbalancing?
a.Carryovereffect
b.Ordereffect
c.Sequencingeffects
d.Matching

17.Acellisacombinationoftwoormore____inafactorialdesign.
a.Researchdesigns
b.Researchmeasurements
c.Dependentvariables
d.Independentvariables

18.Whichofthefollowingdesignsdoesanexcellentjobofcontrollingforrivalhypothesesthatthreatentheinternalvalidityofanexperiment?
a.Posttestonlydesignwithnonequivalentgroups
b.Posttestonlycontrolgroupdesign
c.Pretestposttestcontrolgroupdesign
d.Bothbandcareexcellentdesigns

19.Manipulatingtheindependentvariablebyvaryingthetypeontheindependentvariablethatispresentedtothedifferentcomparisongroupsisknownas_____.
a.Amounttechnique
b.Absencetechnique
c.Typetechnique
d.Presencetechnique
20.Whichofthefollowingtermsisasequencingeffectthatoccursfromtheorderinwhichthetreatmentconditionsareadministered?
a.Carryovereffect
b.Ordereffect
c.Sequencingeffects
d.Noneoftheabove
21.Whenmanipulatingtheindependentvariableinaneducationalexperiment,whichofthefollowingdescribesthismethod?
a.Anindependentvariableismanipulatedusingthepresenceorabsencetechnique
b.Theresearchersvariestheamountoftheindependentvariablethatisadministered
c.Theresearchervariesthetypeoftheindependentvariable
d.Alloftheabovearepossible

22.Whichmethodofcontrollingconfoundingextraneousvariablestakesprecedenceoverallothermethods?
a.Matchingindividualparticipants
b.Holdingextraneousvariables
c.Buildingtheextraneousvariableintotheresearchdesign
d.Counterbalancing

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e.Randomlyassignresearchparticipantstothegroups

23.Inanexperimentalresearchstudy,theprimarygoalistoisolateandidentifytheeffectproducedbythe____.
a.Dependentvariable
b.Extraneousvariable
c.Independentvariable
d.Confoundingvariable

24.Thistypeofdesignisonewhereallparticipantsparticipateinallexperimentaltreatmentconditions.
a.Factorialdesign
b.Repeatedmeasuresdesign
c.Replicateddesign
d.Pretestposttestcontrolgroupdesign

25.Afactorialdesignisoneinwhich____.
a.Onlyoneindependentvariableisstudiedtodetermineitseffectonthedependentvariable
b.Onlytwoindependentvariablesaresimultaneouslystudiedtodeterminetheirindependent
andinteractiveeffectsonthedependentvariable
c.Twoormoreindependentvariablesaresimultaneouslystudiedtodeterminetheirindependentandinteractiveeffectsonthedependentvariable
d.Twodependentvariablesarestudiedtodeterminetheirinteractiveeffects

26.Thedesigninwhichonegroupofresearchparticipantsisadministeredatreatmentandisthencompared,onthedependentvariable,withanothergroupofresearchparticipantswhodidnotreceivetheexperimentaltreatmentis____.
a.Onegroupposttestonlydesign
b.Onegrouppretestposttestdesign
c.Posttestonlydesignwithnonequivalentgroups
d.timeseriesdesign

27._____referstotheinfluenceofasingleindependentvariable.
a.Interactioneffect
b.Reactiveeffect
c.Maineffect
d.Proactiveeffect

28.Asequencingeffectthatoccurswhenperformanceinonetreatmentconditionisinfluencedbyparticipationinapriortreatmentconditionisknownas____.
a.Counterbalancingeffect
b.Carryovereffect
c.Treatmenteffect
d.Ordereffect
29.Whichofthefollowingispossibleinafactorialdesignwithtwoindependentvariables?
a.Thereisonlyonemaineffectpresent
b.Therearetwomaineffectspresent
c.Therearetwomaineffectsandaninteractioneffectpresent
d.Alloftheabovearepossible

30.Whichofthefollowingisafactorialdesignwheredifferentparticipantsarerandomlyassignedtothelevelsofoneindependentvariablebutparticipantstakealllevelsonanotherindependentvariable?
a.Onegrouppretestposttest
b.Pretestposttestcontrolgroupdesign
c.Factorialdesign
d.Factorialdesignbasedonamixedmodel

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1.Whenacitationincludesmorethan____authors,onlythesurnameofthefirstauthoriscitedfollowedbyetal.
a.3
b.4
c.5
d.6

2.Whenreferencingotherworksyouhavecitedwithinthetextofthereportyoushould
a.Statethefirstandlastnameoftheauthor
b.Usetheauthor,datecitationmethod
c.Useanasteriskandafootnote
d.Insertthecompletecitationinparenthesis

3.Whichofthefollowingabbreviationscanbeusedinaresearchreport?
a.IQ
b.sec.forsecond
c.yr.foryear
d.mo.formonth

4.Editorialstylespecifiesthat______shouldbeusedinfrequentlyorsparingly.
a.Italics
b.Abbreviations
c.Headings
d.Bothaandb

5.Thefactorthatshoulddeterminewhetheryoudecidetopreparearesearchreportofyoustudyforaconferenceorforpublicationis
a.Whetherthestudyisfreefromflaws
b.Whetherthestudyisimportantenoughtojustifypresentationorpublication
c.Whetherotherswouldbeinterestedinthework
d.Alloftheabove

6.Whichofthefollowingisnottrueabouttheuseoflanguageinresearchreports?
a.Youshouldchooseaccurateandclearwordsthatarefreefrombias.
b.Youshouldavoidlabelingpeoplewheneverpossible
c.Youshouldavoidusingthetermsubjectswheneverpossible
d.AlloftheabovearetrueaccordingtotheAPAGuidelines

7.Regardingdisabilities,writersshouldavoidequatingpeoplewiththeirdisabilitiessuchasinmentallyretardedpeople.
a.True
b.False

8.Youshouldavoidtheuseofsexistlanguageinresearchreports.
a.True
b.False

9.Whichismoreappropriatewhenreferringtosomeonewithadisability?
a.Astrokevictim
b.Apersonwhohashadastroke

10.Youshouldtrytouseitalicsfrequentlywhenwritingareport.
a.True
b.False

11.Youshouldtrytouseabbreviationssparingly.
a.True
b.False

12.Usewordsfornumbersthatbeginasentenceandfornumbersthatarebelowten.
a.True
b.False

13.Youshoulddoublespaceallmaterialinthemanuscript.
a.True
b.False

14.Whichofthefollowingisnotoneofthesevenmajorpartstotheresearchreport?
a.Results
b.Abstract
c.Method
d.Footnotes

15.TheIntroductionsectionshouldnotbelabeled.
a.True
b.False

16.Theabstractshouldbeabouthowmanywords?
a.50
b.75
c.120
d.300

17.TheMethodsectionshouldstartonaseparatepageinamanuscript.
a.True
b.False

18.Itisinthissectionthatyoufullyinterpretandevaluateyourresults.
a.Introduction
b.Method
c.Results
d.Discussion

19.Wheredoyouprovideastepbystepaccountofwhattheresearcherandparticipantsdidduringtheresearchstudy?
a.Introduction
b.Abstract
c.Procedure
d.Design

20.Referencesshouldbesinglespaced.
a.True
b.False

21.QualitativeresearchreportsdonotneedaMethodsection.
a.True
b.False

22.Whenwritingthequalitativeresultssection,anoverridingconcernshouldbetoprovidesufficientandconvincingevidencetobackupyourassertions.
a.True
b.False

23.Whenwritingthequalitativeresultssection,youwillneedtofindanappropriatebalancebetweendescriptionandinterpretation.
a.True
b.False

24.Diagrams,matrices,tables,andfiguresshouldneverbeusedinqualitativeresearchreports.
a.True
b.False

25.Yourtextbookauthorsarguedthatinqualitativeresearchitisimportanttofittheresearchfindingsbackintotherelevantresearchliteratureevenifthestudyisexploratory.
a.True

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a.Five
b.Four
c.Ten
d.Somewherefrom4to11points

2.Whatistheproblem(s)withthissetofresponsecategoriestothequestionWhatisyourcurrentage?
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a.Thecategoriesarenotmutuallyexclusive
b.Thecategoriesarenotexhaustive
c.Bothaandbareproblems
d.Thereisnoproblemwiththeabovesetofresponsecategories

3.Youshouldmixmethodsinawaythatprovidescomplementarystrengthsandnonoverlappingweaknesses.Thisisknownasthefundamentalprincipleofmixedresearch.
a.True
b.False

4.Accordingtothetext,questionnairescanaddresseventsandcharacteristicstakingplacewhen?
a.Inthepast(retrospectivequestions)
b.Inthepresent(currenttimequestions)
c.Inthefuture(prospectivequestions)
d.Alloftheabove

5.Whichofthefollowingareprinciplesofquestionnaireconstruction?
a.Considerusingmultiplemethodswhenmeasuringabstractconstructs
b.Usemultipleitemstomeasureabstractconstructs
c.Avoiddoublebarreledquestions
d.Alloftheabove
e.Onlybandc

6.Whichoftheseisnotamethodofdatacollection.
a.Questionnaires
b.Interviews
c.Experiments
d.Observations
7.Secondary/existingdatamayincludewhichofthefollowing?
a.Officialdocuments
b.Personaldocuments
c.Archivedresearchdata
d.Alloftheabove
8.Anitemthatdirectsparticipantstodifferentfollowupquestionsdependingontheirresponseiscalleda____________.
a.Responseset
b.Probe
c.Semanticdifferential
d.Contingencyquestion

9.Whichofthefollowingtermsbestdescribesdatathatwereoriginallycollectedatanearliertimebyadifferentpersonforadifferentpurpose?
a.Primarydata
b.Secondarydata
c.Experimentaldata
d.Fieldnotes

10.Researchersusebothopenendedandclosedendedquestionstocollectdata.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
a.Openendedquestionsdirectlyprovidequantitativedatabasedontheresearcherspredeterminedresponsecategories
b.Closedendedquestionsprovidequantitativedataintheparticipantsownwords
c.Openendedquestionsprovidequalitativedataintheparticipantsownwords
d.Closedendedquestionsdirectlyprovidequalitativedataintheparticipantsownwords

11.Openendedquestionsprovideprimarily______data.
a.Confirmatorydata
b.Qualitativedata
c.Predictivedata
d.Noneoftheabove

12.Whichofthefollowingistrueconcerningobservation?
a.Ittakeslesstimethanselfreportapproaches
b.Itcostslessmoneythanselfreportapproaches
c.Itisoftennotpossibletodetermineexactlywhythepeoplebehaveastheydo
d.Alloftheabove

13.Qualitativeobservationisusuallydoneforexploratorypurposesitisalsocalled___________observation.
a.Structured
b.Naturalistic
c.Complete
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14.Asdiscussedinchapter6,whenconstructingaquestionnaireitisimportanttodoeachofthefollowingexcept______.
a.Use"leading"or"loaded"questions
b.Usenaturallanguage
c.Understandyourresearchparticipants
d.Pilotyourtestquestionnaire

15.AnothernameforaLikertScaleisa(n):
a.Interviewprotocol
b.Eventsampling
c.Summatedratingscale
d.Ranking

16.Whichofthefollowingisnotoneofthesixmajormethodsofdatacollectionthatareusedbyeducationalresearchers?
a.Observation
b.Interviews
c.Questionnaires
d.Checklists

17.Thetypeofinterviewinwhichthespecifictopicsaredecidedinadvancebutthesequenceandwordingcanbemodifiedduringtheinterviewiscalled:
a.Theinterviewguideapproach
b.Theinformalconversationalinterview
c.Aclosedquantitativeinterview
d.Thestandardizedopenendedinterview

18.Whichoneofthefollowinginnotamajormethodofdatacollection:
a.Questionnaires
b.Interviews
c.Secondarydata
d.Focusgroups
e.Alloftheabovearemethodsofdatacollection

19.AquestionduringaninterviewsuchasWhydoyoufeelthatway?isknownasa:
a.Probe
b.Filterquestion
c.Response
d.Pilot

20.Acensustakeroftencollectsdatathroughwhichofthefollowing?
a.Standardizedtests
b.Interviews
c.Secondarydata
d.Observations

21.Theresearcherhassecretlyplacedhimorherself(asamember)inthegroupthatisbeingstudied.Thisresearchermaybewhichofthefollowing?
a.Acompleteparticipant
b.Anobserverasparticipant
c.Aparticipantasobserver
d.Noneoftheabove

22.Whichofthefollowingisnotamajormethodofdatacollection?
a.Questionnaires
b.Focusgroups
c.Correlationalmethod
d.Secondarydata
23.Whichtypeofinterviewallowsthequestionstoemergefromtheimmediatecontextorcourseofthings?
a.Interviewguideapproach
b.Informalconversationalinterview
c.Closedquantitativeinterview
d.Standardizedopenendedinterview
24.Whenconductinganinterview,asking"Anythingelse?,Whatdoyoumean?,Whydoyoufeelthatway?,"etc,areallformsof:
a.Contingencyquestions
b.Probes
c.Protocols
d.Responsecategories

25.Whenconstructingaquestionnaire,thereare15principlestowhichyoushouldadhere.Whichofthefollowingisnotoneofthoseprinciples?
a.Donotuse"leading"or"loaded"questions
b.Avoiddoublebarreledquestions
c.Avoiddoublenegatives
d.Avoidusingmultipleitemstomeasureasingleconstruct

Chapter7
MultipleChoiceQuestions

1.Wheneachmemberofapopulationhasanequallylikelychanceofbeingselected,thisiscalled:
a.Anonrandomsamplingmethod
b.Aquotasample
c.Asnowballsample
d.AnEqualprobabilityselectionmethod

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2.Whichofthefollowingtechniquesyieldsasimplerandomsample?
a.Choosingvolunteersfromanintroductorypsychologyclasstoparticipate
b.Listingtheindividualsbyethnicgroupandchoosingaproportionfromwithin
eachethnicgroupatrandom.
c.Numberingalltheelementsofasamplingframeandthenusingarandomnumber
tabletopickcasesfromthetable.
d.Randomlyselectingschools,andthensamplingeveryonewithintheschool.

3.Whichofthefollowingisnottrueaboutstratifiedrandomsampling?
a.Itinvolvesarandomselectionprocessfromidentifiedsubgroups
b.Proportionsofgroupsinthesamplemustalwaysmatchtheirpopulationproportions
c.Disproportionalstratifiedrandomsamplingisespeciallyhelpfulforgettinglargeenough
subgroupsampleswhensubgroupcomparisonsaretobedone
d.Proportionalstratifiedrandomsamplingyieldsarepresentativesample

4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaretrue?
a.Thelargerthesamplesize,thegreaterthesamplingerror
b.Themorecategoriesorbreakdownsyouwanttomakeinyourdataanalysis,thelarger
thesampleneeded
c.Thefewercategoriesorbreakdownsyouwanttomakeinyourdataanalysis,thelarger
thesampleneeded
d.Assamplesizedecreases,sodoesthesizeoftheconfidenceinterval

5.Whichofthefollowingformulaeisusedtodeterminehowmanypeopletoincludeintheoriginalsampling?
a.Desiredsamplesize/Desiredsamplesize+1
b.Proportionlikelytorespond/desiredsamplesize
c.Proportionlikelytorespond/populationsize
d.Desiredsamplesize/Proportionlikelytorespond

6.Whichofthefollowingsamplingtechniquesisanequalprobabilityselectionmethod(i.e.,EPSEM)inwhicheveryindividualinthepopulationhasanequalchanceofbeingselected?
a.Simplerandomsampling
b.Systematicsampling
c.Proportionalstratifiedsampling
d.ClustersamplingusingthePPStechnique
e.AlloftheaboveareEPSEM

7.Whichofthefollowingisnotaformofnonrandomsampling?
a.Snowballsampling
b.Conveniencesampling
c.Quotasampling
d.Purposivesampling
e.Theyareallformsofnonrandomsampling

8.Whichofthefollowingwillgiveamoreaccuraterepresentationofthepopulationfromwhichasamplehasbeentaken?
a.Alargesamplebasedontheconveniencesamplingtechnique
b.Asmallsamplebasedonsimplerandomsampling
c.Alargesamplebasedonsimplerandomsampling
d.Asmallclustersample

9.Samplinginqualitativeresearchissimilartowhichtypeofsamplinginquantitativeresearch?
a.Simplerandomsampling
b.Systematicsampling
c.Quotasampling
d.Purposivesampling

10.Whichofthefollowingwouldgenerallyrequirethelargestsamplesize?
a.Clustersampling
b.Simplerandomsampling
c.Systematicsampling
d.Proportionalstratifiedsampling

11.HowoftendoestheCensusBureautakeacompletepopulationcount?
a.Everyyear
b.Everyfiveyears
c.Everytenyears
d.Twiceayear

12.Peoplewhoareavailable,volunteer,orcanbeeasilyrecruitedareusedinthesamplingmethodcalled______.
a.Simplerandomsampling
b.Clustersampling
c.Systematicsampling
d.Conveniencesampling

13.Whichofthefollowingtypesofsamplinginvolvestheresearcherdeterminingtheappropriatesamplesizesforthegroupsidentifiedasimportant,andthentakingconveniencesamplesfromthosegroups?
a.Proportionalstratifiedsampling
b.Quotasampling
c.Onestageclustersampling
d.Twostageclustersampling

14.Atypeofsamplingusedinqualitativeresearchthatinvolvesselectingcasesthatdisconfirmtheresearcher'sexpectationsandgeneralizationsisreferredtoas_______________.
a.Extremecasesampling
b.Typicalcasesampling
c.Criticalcasesampling
d.Negativecasesampling

15.UsingFigure6.6(pg.178),howmanyparticipantswillyouneedforaresearchstudywithapopulationof120,000?
a.242
b.331
c.377
d.384
16.Inwhichofthefollowingnonrandomsamplingtechniquesdoestheresearcherasktheresearchparticipantstoidentifyotherpotentialresearchparticipants?
a.Snowball
b.Convenience
c.Purposive
d.Quota

17.Whichofthefollowingisthemostefficientrandomsamplingtechniquediscussedinyourchapter?
a.Simplerandomsampling
b.Proportionalstratifiedsampling
c.Clusterrandomsampling
d.Systematicsampling
18.Ifwetookthe500peopleattendingaschoolinNewYorkCity,dividedthembygender,andthentookarandomsampleofthemalesandarandomsamplingofthefemales,thevariableonwhichwewoulddividethepopulationiscalledthe_____.
a.Independentvariable
b.Dependentvariable
c.Stratificationvariable
d.Samplingvariable
19.Anumbercalculatedwithcompletepopulationdataandquantifiesacharacteristicofthepopulationiscalledwhichofthefollowing?
a.Adatum
b.Astatistic
c.Aparameter
d.Apopulation
20.Thetypeofsamplinginwhicheachmemberofthepopulationselectedforthesampleisreturnedtothepopulationbeforethenextmemberisselectediscalled_________.
a.Samplingwithoutreplacement
b.Samplingwithreplacement
c.Simplerandomsampling
d.Systematicsampling
21.Whichofthefollowingisnotatypeofnonrandomsampling?
a.Clustersampling
b.Conveniencesampling
c.Quotasampling
d.Purposivesampling
e.Theyarealltypeofnonrandomsampling

22.Whichofthefollowingwouldusuallyrequirethesmallestsamplesizebecauseofitsefficiency?
a.Onestageclustersampling
b.Simplerandomsampling
c.Twostageclustersampling
d.Quotasampling

23.Atechniqueusedwhenselectingclustersofdifferentsizesiscalled_____.
a.Clustersampling
b.Onestagesampling
c.Twostagesampling
d.ProbabilityproportionaltosizeorPPS

24.Theprocessofdrawingasamplefromapopulationisknownas_________.
a.Sampling
b.Census
c.Surveyresearch
d.Noneoftheabove

25.Itisrecommendedtousethewholepopulationratherthanasamplewhenthepopulationsizeisofwhatsize?
a.500orless
b.100orless
c.1000orless
d.youshouldalwaysuseasample

26.Whichofthefollowingisnotanexampleofanonrandomsamplingtechnique?
a.Purposive
b.Quota
c.Convenience
d.Cluster

27.Whichofthefollowingsamplingmethodsisthebestwaytoselectagroupofpeopleforastudyifyouareinterestedinmakingstatementsaboutthelargerpopulation?
a.Conveniencesampling
b.Quotasampling
c.Purposivesampling
d.Randomsampling

28.___________isasetofelementstakenfromalargerpopulationaccordingtocertainrules.
a.Sample
b.Population
c.Statistic
d.Element

29.Determiningthesampleinterval(representedbyk),randomlyselectinganumberbetween1andk,andincludingeachkthelementinyoursamplearethestepsforwhichformofsampling?
a.SimpleRandomSampling
b.StratifiedRandomSampling
c.SystematicSampling

d.Clustersampling

30.Thenonrandomsamplingtypethatinvolvesselectingaconveniencesamplefromapopulationwithaspecificsetofcharacteristicsforyourresearchstudyiscalled_____.
a.Conveniencesampling
b.Quotasampling
c.Purposivesampling
d.Snowballsampling

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