Who, What, and How Many MCQs
Who, What, and How Many MCQs
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1: Every individual or item of a type you want to study is called _____.
A. Population
B. Census
C. Sample
D. Network
2: A study of every member of a population is called _____.
A. Census
B. Population
C. Sample
D. Reification
3: A set of individuals or items selected from a wider population is called _____.
A. Sample
B. Census
C. Population
D. Network
4: Sampling based on a judgment by the researcher is called Nonprobability Sampling.
A. True
B. False
5: Sampling based on convenience to the _____ is called Convenience Sampling.
A. Researcher
B. Scientist
C. Scholar
D. Analyst
6: Sampling based on specific criteria the researcher may have is Purposive Sampling.
A. True
B. False
7: Sampling that attempts to replicate in a sample the features that the researcher thinks are important in the population is _____sampling.
A. Quota
B. Snowball
C. Volunteer
D. Probability
8: Sampling using members of a network to introduce a researcher to other members of the network.
A. True
B. False
9: Sampling using members of a network to introduce a researcher to other members of the network is called _____ sampling.
A. Snowball
B. Quota
C. Volunteer
D. Probability
10: Obtaining a sample by asking for _____is Volunteer Sampling.
A. Volunteer
B. Employee
C. Internship
D. Community service
11: Sampling based on a judgment by the researcher is called _____ sampling.
A. Probability.
B. Sample
C. Snowball
D. Quota
12: The master list from which a sample is selected is called the sampling frame.
A. True
B. False
13: The units selected for study are called _____ units.
A. Sampling
B. Population
C. Quantization
D. Census
14: Sampling in which every member of a population has an equal chance to be selected and in which selection is determined by “_____” rather than a decision by the researcher is called random sampling.
A. Luck of the draw
B. Lottery
C. Raffle
D. None of above
15: A device for generating a _____ of numbers that has no pattern is called Random Numbers Generator.
A. Sequence
B. Series
C. Vocabulary
D. Pattern
16: Sampling in which randomly selected units from small or minority populations are forced into the sample ensuring that they represent in proportion to their presence is called Stratified Random Sampling.
A. True
B. False
17: Sampling by selecting every _____ unit from a population is called systematic sampling.
A. Nth
B. Ist
C. 2nd
D. 3rd
18: The interval selected in systematic sampling (e.g., every 10th or 100th unit) is called _____.
A. Sampling interval
B. Sampling rate
C. Systematic sampling
D. None of these
19: Sampling based on first sampling large units is called Multistage _____ Sampling.
A. Cluster
B. Stratified
C. Both of above
D. None of these
20: Piloting is a _____.A small study conducted prior to a full-scale study to ensure that the full-scale study will work successfully.
A. Prototype
B. Mvp
C. Testing
D. Stereotype
21: Homogeneity is the degree is _____ in a population.
A. Sameness
B. Difference
C. Otherness
D. Equality
22: For a sampling distribution (the distribution of scores for a sample), the ______is called the standard error.
A. Standard deviation
B. Variance
C. Iqr
D. Range
23: Survey sampling using address data provided by the _____ is known as address-based sampling.
A. U.S. postal service
B. U.K. postal service
C. Scotland postal service
D. Ireland postal service
24: A telephone survey method in which phone numbers are randomly dialed in hopes of reaching unlisted numbers is known as ______.
A. Random digit dialing
B. Cluster
C. None of the above
D. Both of these
25: Constructed Week Sampling is a type of _____ sampling which sample dates represent all seven days of the week to account for systematic variation.
A. Random
B. Stratified
C. Pseudorandom
D. None of above
26: What is a type of stratified sample based on media items separated by the day on which they were published or posted?
A. Simple random
B. Constructed week
C. Internet
D. Ordinal
27: Stratified random sampling ensures that all the groups of interest to the researcher are proportionately represented in a sample.
A. True
B. False
28: Sampling frames are the master lists from which a sample is selected.
A. True
B. False
29: Probability sampling means that every unit has an equal chance of being selected.
A. True
B. False
30: Sampling theory says that we do NOT need large samples as long as we can live with a level of uncertainty about the population we are trying to understand.
A. True
B. False
31: Elizabeth decides to interview students who live on campus and those who live off campus so she can compare their attitudes about the campus food service. She decides to interview 10 students. She knows that 80% of students live on campus, so she decides to interview eight resident students and two students who live off campus. This is an example of ______ sampling.
A. Convenience
B. Purposive
C. Quota
D. Snowball
32: Sampling that is based on the idea that a specific person or media content will meet specific criteria the researcher may have is ______ sampling.
A. Convenience
B. Purposive
C. Quota
D. Snowball
33: Non-probability sampling has an advantage of convenience over probability sampling.
A. True
B. False
34: There are several factors that impact the sample size you use for your research. Which of the following influence sample size?
A. Time, money, and resources
B. Nature of research
C. Level of confidence
D. All of these
35: If you are trying to access a special population like military families or prisoners, it can be difficult. An effective way of reaching these groups is to use what kind of sampling?
A. Multistage cluster
B. Internet-based snowball
C. Judgmental
D. Systematic group
36: A population consists of every individual of a type you want to study.
A. True
B. False
37: Throwing dice and drawing names out of a hat are both examples of what kind of sampling?
A. Frame
B. Nonprobability
C. Random
D. Stratified
38: If you want to get a representative sample of the country’s population, what would the easiest types of sampling to use be?
A. Multistage cluster
B. Snowball
C. Judgmental
D. Systematic group
39: Research findings from volunteer samples may be biased because you have no idea what non-volunteers might have said.
A. True
B. False
40: A census is a study of every member of a sample.
A. True
B. False
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