To study career aspirations among high school students in Alabama, a researcher randomly selects 5 of the state's school districts and gives all the students in each district a survey designed to measure career goals.
What sampling procedure is being used here?
a. quota
b. stratified
c. cluster
d. EPSEM
A research technique that combines features of both longitudinal and cross-sectional designs testing cohorts of individuals but also retesting them over time is referred to as a __________ design.
a. cross-sequential
b. qualitative
c. repeated cross-sectional
d. grouped longitudinal
Identify five characteristics of variables that are coded in text content.
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Suppose a researcher used a cross-sectional research design and found that older adults tend to be more socially conservative than younger adults. He concludes that as we get older we tend to become more conservative in our thinking.
Which of the following is a potential problem with this conclusion?
a. the researcher cannot establish causation because this is a qualitative study
b. the problem of attrition has not been addressed
c. an age-cohort effect could explain these findings
d. The problem of accurately measuring age
List four types of nonreactive quantitative research techniques.
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