If we define our population as all households in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and we use the Chicago telephone directory from which to draw our sample units, we would likely have a:
a. representative survey.
b. survey containing error.
c. survey with a poorly defined master list.
d. survey with sample frame error.
e. survey with no error.
Question 2In a mail survey, 500 questionnaires were sent out but only 200 were returned.
a. This survey has random sampling error.
b. This survey has a response bias.
c. This survey has nonresponse error.
d. This survey suffers from deliberate falsification.
e. None of the above.
Question 3In terms of error in research investigations, the key is:
a. total error.
b. sampling error.
c. nonresponse error.
d. systematic error.
e. observation error.
Question 4Which of the following are office errors?
a. Not-at-homes
b. Refusals
c. Interviewer cheating
d. Coding
e. Response errors
Question 5Errors introduced into the study during data processing are:
a. Type I errors.
b. nonobservation errors.
c. sampling errors.
d. total errors.
e. office errors.
Question 6Which of the following is TRUE?
a. Short surveys are more likely to be completed than are long surveys.
b. Hand-addressed envelopes may increase response rates.
c. Respondents are more likely to open an envelope that has been stamped rather than one that has been sent through a postage meter.
d. Both a and b.
e. a, b, and c.
Question 7Which of the following statements concerning response incentives is FALSE?
a. Monetary incentives often have the greatest influence on response rates.
b. It probably isn't advisable to give more than 1 for completing a survey.
c. Large amounts of money are more effective than smaller amounts of money at increasing response rates.
d. A gift can be more psychologically motivating than wages.
e. All of the above are true.
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