Mr. Marsh is starting his literature review on the topic of children and tooth decay. He has found lots and lots of information and now he is really confused as to his next step. What do you think that he should have done first?
A) design his search B) locate research reports
C) done peer review D) refined the topic
Interviewers use probes to clarify respondents' responses. What does this mean?
A) An interviewer clarifies an ambiguous answer by pauses, repeating the question, or by asking additional questions.
B) An interviewer places electrical probes on the respondent's arms and legs.
C) An interviewer pokes the respondent in the arm with his finger.
D) None of the above
Mr. Marsh is using Systemic Sampling and his sample frame has 2000 names from a directory. If he is sampling 400, what is his sample interval?
A) 6 B) 3 C) 5 D) 4
Which of the following might interfere with with a respondent's recall in a survey asking about past events?
A) television show
B) an issue or event that was not significant
C) poor vision
D) too much sugar
Which of the following is NOT true? Scholarly journals
A) are commonly found in college or university libraries.
B) have a reference or bibliography section that lists sources in detail.
C) have peer-reviewed articles within them.
D) are not part of any index location system.