Deck 11: Collecting Data

Question 1

Survey questions should be ______.

A) demonstrating your mastering of academic vocabulary
B) as complicated as possible so that the interviewees cannot reflect their answers
C) clear, unambiguous, close to everyday language and short
D) suggesting a specific answer

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Positioning of questions refers to ______.

A) making the researchers' standpoint visible, so that the participants' may agree
B) the fact that answers to questions are influenced by the questions asked before
C) the need of reflecting effects of questions on other questions when constructing a questionnaire
D) the suggestion that longer questions should be asked in the end, shorter ones at the beginning

Answer 2

B , C

Question 3

Questionnaires ______.

A) should be used with small samples for exploring an issue about which not much is known
B) are used for testing hypotheses
C) are helpful for surveys with big samples
D) are standardized

Answer 3

B, C , D

Question 4

Criteria for semi-structured interviews include ______.

A) non-direction in the relation to the interviewee
B) aiming at specificity of interviewees' views
C) to refrain from asking questions, to listen to the interviewees' narratives
D) standardization of questions

Question 5

Expert interviews aim at experts' ______.

A) technical knowledge
B) process knowledge
C) interpretative knowledge
D) biographical knowledge

Question 6

What characterizes as narrative interview?

A) Interviewees shall recount their story with the issue or of their lives.
B) Interviewers refrain from interrupting with questions during such a narrative.
C) A generative narrative question leads to the interviewee's story before it ends with questions.
D) All of these

Question 7

Forms of observation:

A) participant observation
B) standardized observation
C) covert observation
D) all of these

Question 8

Tasks of virtual ethnography:

A) to navigate the site used for the ethnography
B) to build relationships
C) to teach participants computer skills
D) to document what is seen and collect data on this way

Question 9

Scales in social research include ______.

A) nominal scales
B) ordinal scales
C) evaluative scales
D) consensual scales