High school math teachers are surveyed every three years to identify new innovations in teaching math. This is an example of a ____ survey.
a. cohort
c. trend
b. panel
d. cross-sectional
Ques. 2A particular national sample of high school seniors has been followed and surveyed periodically for 20 years. This is an example of a ____ survey.
a. cohort
c. trend
b. panel
d. cross-sectional
Ques. 3In what part of the proposal does the writer describe the steps taken to test every hypothesis and/or investigate every question?
a. Methods
b. Data analysis
c. Review of the literature
d. Sampling
e. Statement of the problem
Ques. 4The instrument most likely to determine the voting preferences of a randomly selected national sample of voters in a presidential election.
a. personal interview
c. mailed questionnaire
b. telephone interview
d. directly administered questionnaire
Ques. 5The instrument most likely to minimize the social desirability bias in a survey of the parents of a large school district.
a. personal interview
c. mailed questionnaire
b. telephone interview
d. directly administered questionnaire
Ques. 6In what part of the proposal should the writer represent current knowledge of the problem?
a. Design
b. Methods
c. Review of the literature
d. Sampling
e. Statement of the problem
Ques. 7The instrument most appropriate to insure at least 90 percent returns from a rather small sample of university faculty.
a. personal interview
c. mailed questionnaire
b. telephone interview
d. directly administered questionnaire
Ques. 8The instrument most appropriate to collect attitude data from the 4,000 freshman students who come to campus for orientation.
a. personal interview
c. mailed or electronic questionnaire
b. telephone interview
d. directly administered questionnaire