Which of the following is NOT typically included in a cover letter accompanying a mailed ...

Which of the following is NOT typically included in a cover letter accompanying a mailed questionnaire?
 
  a. The purpose of the study
  b. The importance of the study
  c. Request for a return of questionnaire by a specified date
  d. The number of people chosen to receive the questionnaire

Ques. 2

The statement of the problem should be introduced
 
  a. after the related research has drawn a picture of the problem.
  b. after the theoretical foundation of the problem has been established.
  c. in the section describing the design.
  d. in the first section of the proposal.
  e. in the section dealing with the significance of the problem.

Ques. 3

The acquiescent response set is evidenced when a respondent in an interview
 
  a. readily agrees to participate in the interview.
  b. shapes his/her answers to make the interviewer look good.
  c. uses the Undecided response too frequently.
  d. tends to agree with the interviewer regardless of the content of the question.

Ques. 4

Which of the following designs would allow a survey researcher to do periodic re-interviews of the original sample?
 
  a. Panel design
  c. Cross-sectional design
  b. Static group comparison design
  d. Elaboration design

Ques. 5

It should be assumed that the reader of one's research proposal is
 
  a. as well informed on the topic as the author.
  b. generally sophisticated, but not necessarily informed on the topic.
  c. ignorant of all but the political nuances of the topic area.
  d. more informed than the author on the topic.

Ques. 6

A researcher wants to determine how citizens of Indianapolis feel about the mayor's proposed changes for the Indianapolis public school system. Which of the following sampling procedures would you recommend to this researcher?
 
  a. Insert a questionnaire in the magazine, Indianapolis Monthly, and ask readers to complete and return the questionnaire.
  b. Procure a list of voters from the city clerk's office and draw a random sample to receive the questionnaire.
  c. Draw a random sample from the Indianapolis telephone directory to receive the questionnaire.
  d. Take a random sample of 100 blocks from a city map and interview all the adults in those blocks.

Ques. 7

A researcher interested in studying test anxiety in college students gave an anxiety inventory to random-samples of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors at their university at the beginning of the academic year. What type of survey research does this study represent?
 
  a. Panel
  c. Cohort
  b. Trend
  d. Cross-sectional

Ques. 8

The first part of the introduction of a research proposal should be a
 
  a. convincing argument for the importance of the problem.
  b. summary of the related literature in one's field.
  c. general description of the state of the art in one's field.
  d. clear statement of the research problem.

Ques. 9

The major advantage of recording an interview in survey research is that it
 
  a. reduces the cost of the survey.
  b. makes the interviewer's task easier.
  c. makes the interviewee more at ease and less inhibited.
  d. increases the accuracy of the record of the respondent's answers.

Ques. 10

An interview survey of parents' opinions about different methods of teaching math would not be recommended mainly because
 
  a. the questionnaire would be a more appropriate procedure.
  b. the study has limited generalizability.
  c. most parents would not have knowledge about methods of teaching math.
  d. it would require considerable training on the part of the interviewer.