Cathy conducted a survey on the relationship between substance abuse and average annual income of an individual. She divided the annual incomes into three ranges, labelled them as low income, middle income, and high income, and found the groups to be present in the target population in the ratio of 4:5:1 . Cathy needed a sample of 100 participants. She selected 40, 50, and 10 people from each income group in a manner such that each individual in a subgroup had equal chance of getting selected into the respective subsample. Which of the following sampling techniques has Cathy used in this scenario?
a. Stratified random sampling
b. Convenience sampling
c. Cluster sampling
d. Quota sampling
Q. 2Which of the following statements is TRUE, when viewing the family as a system?
a. One single person in the family orchestrates the interactional patterns
b. All behavior makes sense in context
c. One single person can be blamed for family distress
d. Personal characteristic are independent of the system
Q. 3Which of the following is recommended for a researcher while developing survey inventories?
a. A researcher should carefully consider the psychometric properties of existing inventories before developing new survey inventories.
b. A researcher should administer the survey in a single language in order to minimize the risk of misinterpretation by multilingual groups.
c. A researcher should invest minimum amount of time due to the relative ease of this activity.
d. A researcher should not waste valuable time in conducting pilot tests for a survey meant for understudied population.
Q. 4Viewing the family as a system means:
a. One cannot not communicate
b. To be constantly in flux to maintain a sense of stability
c. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
d. The ability to self-correct
Q. 5Which of the following is true of survey research designs?
a. Survey research designs use taxonomic system to identify groups of individuals who share common attributes among a heterogeneous population.
b. Survey research designs typically use self-reports to identify facts, opinions, attitudes, and behavior.
c. Survey research designs maintain uniformity irrespective of the group under study.
d. Survey research designs use mobile positioning techniquesto examine the relationships between two or morevariables.
Q. 6A child commands: Play with me to her sister, and when her sister sits down to play, the child will not share her toys. This is an example of what?
a. Double bind
b. Command
c. Feedback loop
d. Self-Correction
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