When a radio listening diary is checked to ensure that the call letters of St. Louis radio stations are correct for all of the stations in the St. Louis area, this is part of which process?
a. Coding
b. Editing
c. Dummy coding
d. Test tabulation
Question 2Common practices among a group of people passed from one generation to the next are called
A) values
B) ethics
C) belief systems
D) customs
Question 3When an editor corrects sloppy handwriting by an interviewer so that it can be read by a data-entry clerk, this is part of which process?
a. Editing
b. Dummy coding
c. Test tabulation
d. Coding
Question 4Individuals within a culture who introduce new products or ideas to a market are called
A) early adopters
B) collectivists
C) change agents
D) expatriates
Question 5The process of checking data to see if any interview questions have been skipped is part of which process?
a. Coding
b. Test tabulation
c. Dummy coding
d. Editing
Question 6According to Geert Hofstede's measures of cultural differences, the United States scores
A) high in power distance
B) low in individualism
C) low in uncertainty avoidance
D) high in masculinity
Question 7The idea that the data file should contain all of the information that the researcher promised to collect is called:
a. data integrity.
b. test tabulation.
c. coding error.
d. editing error.
Question 8The belief that one group is better than another is called
A) ethnocentrism
B) xenophobia
C) patriotism
D) cultural dynamics
Question 9When an interview survey uses a 5-point Likert scale of agreement/disagreement and codes strongly agree as a 5, but the interviewer mistakenly records it as a 4 on her interview sheet, what type of error has been committed?
a. Editing error
b. Dummy coding error
c. Nonrespondent error
d. Test tabulation error
Question 10In which of the following countries do individuals communicate at the greatest interpersonal distance?
A) Greece
B) Brazil
C) Italy
D) United States
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