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Title: A representative sample for survey research should
Post by: pippi713713 on Mar 13, 2018
A representative sample for survey research should
 
  a. always be randomly selected.
  b. always be a probability sample.
  c. have the same proportion of characteristics as the population from which it was drawn.
  d. all of these are true.

Ques. 2

In reporting the findings of a sample survey using a mailed questionnaire, one should always include
 
  a. percentage of respondents among those receiving the questionnaire.
  b. percentage of the respondents giving each response on the questionnaire.
  c. size of the target population.
  d. a and b
  e. b and c

Ques. 3

Which is most related to the external validity of the study?
 
  a. Procedures
  b. Instrumentation
  c. Review of the literature
  d. Sampling
  e. Statement of the problem

Ques. 4

The following is an example of what type of survey item?
 
  What is the major problem you have encountered in using technology?
 
  a. Likert-type item
  b. Checklist
  c. Ranking items
  d. Scaled items
  e. Completion

Ques. 5

Which is most related to the internal validity of the study?
 
  a. Methods
  b. Instrumentation
  c. Review of the literature
  d. Sampling
  e. Statement of the problem

Ques. 6

The following is an example of what type of survey item?
 
  Indicate the order of your preference among the available technology:
  ____
  VCR, laser disc
  ____
  Mobile video projection
  ____
  CD-ROM
  ____
  Computer projection
 
  a. Likert-type item
  b. Checklist
  c. Ranking items
  d. Scaled items
  e. Completion

Ques. 7

The following is an example of what type of survey item?
 
  My students reacted positively to my use of technology in the classroom.
 
  a. Likert-type item
  b. Checklist
  c. Ranking items
  d. Scaled items
  e. Completion

Ques. 8

Where does the writer make the greatest use of authority as a source of knowledge?
 
  a. Design
  b. Instrumentation
  c. Review of the literature
  d. Sampling
  e. Statement of the problem

Ques. 9

The following is an example of what type of survey item?
 
  How would you rate your students' computer skills?
  ____
  Very poor
  ____
  More than adequate
  ____
  Less than adequate
  ____
  Excellent
  ____
  Adequate
 
  a. Likert-type item
  b. Checklist
  c. Ranking items
  d. Scaled items
  e. Completion

Ques. 10

The following is an example of what type of survey item? What type of technology do you use in your classroom?
 
  ____
  VCR, laser disc
  ____
  Mobile video projection
  ____
  CD-ROM
  ____
  Computer projection
 
  a. Likert-type item
  b. Checklist
  c. Ranking items
  d. Scaled items
  e. Completion

Ques. 11

You want to survey 120 teachers in a school district that has 200 elementary teachers (i.e., 160 women and 40 men), 100 junior high teachers (i.e., 60 women and 40 men), and 100 high school teachers (i.e., 40 women and 60 men). How many men and women from among the elementary teachers would you choose for a proportional stratified sample?
 
  a. 30 women and 30 men
  c. 48 women and 12 men
  b. 18 women and 12 men
  d. 60 women and 15 men

Ques. 12

In what type of survey question would a response bias to avoid the extremes be the biggest problem?
 
  a. Checklist
  c. Scaled item
  b. Ranking item
  d. Completion


Title: A representative sample for survey research should
Post by: Fleur-de-lis on Mar 13, 2018
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