Deck 7: Survey Research

Question 1

The most expensive type of survey is 7-20)

A)Self-administered
B)In-person
C)Phone
D)Electronic

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Creating clear and meaningful questions are important, but the choices you provide respondents in closed-ended questions are also important and include 7-10)

A)Making response choices mutually exclusive
B)Making response choices exhaustive
C)Both A and B are correct
D)None of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Consider the question: "Do you disagree that juveniles should not be tried as adults if they commit murder?" Which of the following best describes the question? 7-9)

A)It is a double-negative question
B)It is a double-barreled question
C)It does not have a mutually exclusive response
D)None of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Demographic information may include 7-15)

A)Sex
B)Age
C)Income
D)All of the above

Question 5

Questionnaire organization should include 7-17)

A)A cover letter for a mailed questionnaire, including an introductory statement
B)Attention to question ordering in order to uncover attitudes about emotionally charged topics
C)Potential use of a split-ballot design in order to include more questions in randomly selected subsets of respondents
D)All of the above

Question 6

An example of an omnibus survey is the 7-3)

A)GSS
B)Gallup poll
C)CSUS student survey
D)UCR

Question 7

In order to measure violent victimizations, the NCVS uses 7-3)

A)Vague questions to get the best possible range of answers
B)Screening questions to get the most relevant respondents to which questions will apply
C)Filtering questions to ask nonrelated items of respondents
D)All of the above

Question 8

A basic requirement for constructing clear questions is to 7-8)

A)Write clear and simply phrased questions
B)Make questions as wordy as possible to make sure respondents will be able to understand the question
C)Avoid confusing phrases and vagueness
D)Only A and C are correct

Question 9

One of the key principles that should guide the design of any questionnaire is 7-4)

A)that is should have a very flexible focus
B)that it should be able address only one issue at a time
C)that it may build on existing instruments
D)that it should not be translated into other languages because different cultures will have different issues to face so surveys can only be written in an original language

Question 10

A researcher may choose to use several related questions in order to measure a variable, which is known as 7-13)

A)Idiosyncratic variable
B)An index or scale
C)A reliability measure
D)A demographic question

Question 11

Writing survey questions 7-6)

A)Are always easy to make clear and unambiguous
B)Are best if they are written in the open-ended style
C)Can have a great effect on the way they are answered
D)Should allow for ambiguity so that a respondent can respond in many ways

Question 12

Surveys may be administered in several different ways, including 7-19)

A)Use of mail surveys
B)Use of electronic surveys
C)Use of group surveys
D)All of the above

Question 13

A skip pattern is 7-12)

A)A question that is asked only of a subset of survey respondents
B)The unique combination of questions created by filter questions and contingent questions
C)A question used to identify a subset of respondents who are then asked other questions
D)None of the above

Question 14

A floater is a person who 7-12)

A)Sees themselves as neutral in their attitudes toward a particular issue
B)Chooses a substantive answer even when they do not know anything about the topic
C)Seeks to ensure that a question has been filtered properly
D)Chooses to answer only contingent questions

Question 15

If the researcher is interested in utilization of police services by assault victims, it is helpful to establish victimization with 7-12)

A)A skip pattern
B)A contingent question
C)A filter question
D)None of the above

Question 16

Certain questions may feel very intrusive to respondents, including questions about 7-15)

A)income
B)ethnicity
C)religion
D)all of the above

Question 17

Some steps that may be taken in order to avoid seeming like they are disagreeable include 7-9)

A)The impartial presentation of both sides of the attitude scales of the question itself
B)Phrasing each response to make each seem socially approved
C)Asking about a variety of behaviors or attitudes that range from socially acceptable to socially unacceptable
D)All of the above

Question 18

Likert-type responses generally ask respondents to 7-11)

A)Indicate their neutrality about a statement
B)Indicate the extent to which they agree or disagree with a statement
C)Indicate that they choose a substantive answer when they are uninformed about a topic
D)None of the above

Question 19

When a question is asking more than one thing, it is known as a 7-9)

A)Double-negative question
B)Double-barreled question
C)Mutually exhaustive question
D)Mutually exclusive question

Question 20

This is a feature of survey research that makes it popular to use 7-2)

A)Versatility
B)Omnibus approach
C)Focused
D)Simple

Question 21

While surveys have many popular features, unfortunately they are not generalizable.7-2)

Question 22

Procedures to prevent harmful effects for the respondent should 7-26)

A)Be delineated, including how the researcher will keep interviews confidential and anonymous
B)Put protections in place after a survey has started whenever sensitive subject matter is discussed
C)Ensure that only one interviewer at a time speak with each interviewee
D)There are no procedures to protect respondents

Question 23

Versatility is an attractive feature of survey research.7-2)

Question 24

The validity of a phone survey may be undermined when 7-21)

A)Not enough proper sampling units are reached
B)Not enough complete responses are received to make the survey generalizable
C)Not enough proper answers are given to a survey
D)Both A and B are correct

Question 25

An advantage of in-person interviewing is 7-22)

A)That it is time-consuming
B)That response rates are lower than for survey research
C)That the physical and social circumstances of the interview can be monitored
D)All of the above

Question 26

The most reliable way to administer questionnaires when they probe sensitive or potentially stigmatizing information offending or victimization information)is by using 7-22)

A)In-person interviews
B)Audio-CASI
C)CAPI
D)Electronic surveys

Question 27

Combining survey designs allow the strength of one survey design to compensate for the weaknesses of another is known as 7-24)

A)Combination of survey methods
B)The use of mixed-mode surveys
C)Strength-weakness methods
D)None of the above

Question 28

Fixed-choice questions are the same as closed-ended questions.7-7)

Question 29

The response rate for mailed self-administered)surveys is generally around 7-20)

A)20-25%
B)35-40%
C)70-80%
D)Over 90%

Question 30

In the 21^st century, survey plans in the U.S.or many other countries are considered complete once the issue of translation into another language has been considered.7-4)

Question 31

Questions in the NCVS assess whether the respondent has experienced violent victimization within the past 6 months.7-4)

Question 32

Unique to the in-person interview compared to other survey designs is &-22)

A)Use of the telephone to help with answering demographic questions
B)The face-to-face social interaction between interviewer and respondent
C)The inexpensive component of face-to-face interviewing
D)Use of computer assisted self-interviewing in addition to the in-person component

Question 33

Procedures may be standardized more effectively if phone interviewers are assisted by the use of 7-21)

A)Email
B)CATI
C)IVR
D)All of the above

Question 34

Survey research involves the collection of information from a sample of individuals through their responses to questions.7-2)

Question 35

A Questionnaire is the survey instrument containing that questions for a self-administered survey.7-3)

Question 36

When no identifying information can be obtained about a respondent, the responses are 7-28)

A)Confidential
B)Anonymous
C)Both confidential and anonymous
D)Neither confidential nor anonymous

Question 37

Survey questions to which the respondent replies in his/her own words, either by writing or talking, are closed-ended questions.7-7)

Question 38

An omnibus survey covers a range of topics of interest.7-3)

Question 39

The time frame around which a question is being asked is called the reverence period.7-9)

Question 40

The best survey method is 7-26)

A)The in-person survey method
B)The phone survey method
C)The electronic survey method
D)Ultimately determine determined by the study's unique features and goals rather than by any absolute standard of what the best survey is

Question 41

A skip pattern is a unique combination of questions created in a survey by filter questions and contingent questions.7-12)

Question 42

All responses to questions with fixed-response categories must provide an answer option that fits for each respondent.7-11)

Question 43

What is an omnibus survey? How is an omnibus survey different from a survey directed at a specific research question? 7-3)

Question 44

What kinds of interviewing options are there with regard to surveys? What is unique to in-person interviews compared to other survey designs? 7-22)

Question 45

What are some of the differences between everyday conversations and standardized surveys? How does 'asking clear and meaningful questions' fit in?

Question 46

What is a survey? What are the features that make survey research attractive to researchers? 7-2)

Question 47

What is meant by fence-sitting and floating? Give an example of each.7-12)

Question 48

Floaters are people who see themselves as neutral in their attitudes toward a particular issue.7-12)

Question 49

There are two important guidelines for when a researcher wishes to ask closed-ended questions.What are they? Why are they important?

Question 50

Clearly and simply phrased questions are most likely to have the same meaning for different respondents.7-8)

Question 51

What are Likert-type responses? How are they useful? 7-11)

Question 52

The authors of your text argue that virtually all questions about behavior will be more reliable if they refer to specific times and events.What do they mean by this?

Question 53

There is no rule regarding making response choices for closed-ended questions mutually exclusive.7-10)

Question 54

Fence-sitters are people who see themselves as neutral in their attitudes toward a particular issue.7-12)

Question 55

A question or statement that contains two negatives, known as a double- negative, can be very difficult to answer.7-9)

Question 56

People often tend to agree with a statement just to avoid seeming disagreeable.7-10)

Question 57

Sometimes we want to ask questions only of respondents to whom they are relevant.Define how a researcher would do that in a questionnaire and give an example as to how it works.

Question 58

Reliability measures help decide whether responses actually measure what the researcher thinks it measures.7-14)

Question 59

"The county should stop spending so much money on prisons and should spend it on schools" is an example of a double-barreled question 7-9)

Question 60

What is an index? When might it be used? 7-13)

Question 61

Give an example of demographic questions and explain why it is often very important to use them in research.7-15)

Question 62

What are the five basic survey designs? Give an example of each.7-19)

Question 63

What are reliability measures? How are they used? 7-14)

Question 64

What are the ethical issues in survey research? 7-26)