MCQ On Research methodology with answer key - PART - 4

 

MCQ on Research Methodology 

with answer key - PART - 4

1. The minimum sample size for qualitative interviewing is:

  A) 30  
B) It's hard to say
C) 60
D) 31

... Answer is : B) It's hard to say

2. Why is an ethnographic study unlikely to use a probability sample?

A) Because it is difficult to identify a sampling frame
B) Because the researcher cannot control who is willing to talk to them
C) Because the aim of understanding is more important than that of generalization
D) All of the above

... Answer is : D) All of the above

3. Apart from people, what else can purposive sampling be used for?

A) Timing of events
B) Documents 
C) Context   
D) All of the above

... Answer is : D) All of the above

4. What can be generalized from a purposive sample?

A) That the opposite is true for people who are the opposite of those in the sample
B) That the findings are true for the entire population
C) That the findings are true for broadly similar cases
D) That purposive sampling is better than probability sampling

... Answer is : C) That the findings are true for broadly similar cases

5. According to the text, questionnaires can address events and characteristics taking place when?

A) In the future (prospective questions)
B) In the past (retrospective questions)
C) In the present (current time questions)
D) All of the above

... Answer is : D) All of the above

6. Which of the following are principles of questionnaire construction? .

A) Use multiple items to measure abstract constructs
B) Consider using multiple methods when measuring abstract constructs 
C) Avoid double-barreled questions 
D) All of the above

... Answer is : D) All of the above

7. Which of the seisnota method of data collection.

A) Observations
B) Questionnaires 
C) Experiments
D) Interviews

... Answer is : C) Experiments

8. Secondary/existing data may include which of the following?

A) Archived research data
B) Official documents
C) Personal documents
D) All of the above

... Answer is : D) All of the above

9. An item that directs participants to different follow-up questions depending on their response is called as .

A) Contingency question
B) Semantic differential 
C) Probe
D) Response set

... Answer is : A) Contingency question

10. 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) Experimental data
B) Field notes
C) Primary data 
D) Secondary data

... Answer is : D) Secondary data